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RE: End The War With These - 11/7/2011 11:53:46 PM   
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Intel

6th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
17th Division is located at Sian.
45th Road Construction Battalion is located at Chiamussu.
59th Division is located at Kweilin.
4288 men are based at Kyoto.
Nakajo-wan Fortress is located at Kadina.
126th IJA Base Force is located at Gili Gili.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
1st AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
Shanghai Base Force is located at Shanghai.
252160 men are based at Osaka/Kobe.
11th AA Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Hanoi 3 LCUs 7140/29/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Merauke 1 LCU 560/0/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Lunga 67 fighters, 66 aux, 19 LCUs 98100/888/9
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tulagi 10 LCUs 30100/288/6

Combat

The SS Pompon, 81 miles SE of Rabaul, was attacked by an ASW TF, but she managed to escape with harm.

The SS Muskallunge, 17 miles N Amami Group, was attacked by 2 X ML and the sub eluded her tormentors before they could fix her location.

Mandalay was bombed by 103 X Liberator VI, 6 X Spitfire VIII and 20 X P-38G. A solitary bomber was hit by the light and inaccurate AA fire. The base was heavily damaged, some secondary explosions occurred and the troops had moderate losses.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 8 X Helen and the unit took light casualties.

The SS Grayback, 22 miles E Balikpapan, spotted a trio of PCs and hit one of them with a fish, breaking it in two.

The SS Bluefish, 69 miles E of Kagoshima, picked up targets on her radar and she maneuvered into position for an attack. She then submerged and waited until the AP and the 3 DDs were well within range. The AP was struck by 2 torpedoes and was burning with heavy damage. The escort tried but couldn't locate the Bluefish.

The Quincy is tied up next to a repair ship at Luganville having her damage accessed so that work can begin.

“We're scheduled to get a newer version of the Corsair? When? It's better how?” These are the questions being tossed about by the pilots of the Flying Deuces. In the meantime the ground crews want to know what is different and will parts be in good supply.

“When more planes arrive a better training schedule can be worked out. Until then you men will just have to wait” So ends the hope of actually getting into the air to train on the B-29s. Once they arrive at the base they must be gone over by mechanics and then they are released for training purposes. There just aren't enough of the planes and the mechanics are also learning. “More of the hurry up and wait strikes again,” says Gil.

The frustration level of the troops is hard to imagine. Crammed onto transports and then made to wait, then finally to sail only to be returned to where they started is a morale buster. They are ordered to return to their prior bivouac areas and await further orders. Slim asks Gunny if he knows what's going on and Gunny laughs at him and says, “Do you think that the Corps actually consults with me concerning planning?”

Palawan has orders and will commence loading tomorrow. Tonight is probably the last chance for the crew to hit the local watering holes. Almost to a man they head ashore. Cookie, Red and Lucky are no exceptions and they head off for something to eat and a beer.

Sam and other members of his squad wonder what's going on as their ship refueled and then moved off and they are still on the ship. “I thought that we'd be returning to Luganville, but now I'd bet the Army has bigger and better things in store for us.

Victory Points Japanese 26610 Allied 16786

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RE: Sorry - 11/8/2011 11:07:48 PM   
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November 8, 1943 Noumea

Intel

15th Army is located at Myitkyina.
3rd Air Army is located at Rabaul.
Hoyo Fortress is located at Osumi.
Kaosing Fortress is located at Takao.
6th Ind. Brigade is planning for an attack on Chungking.
7th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Salamaua.
49th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mukden.
18th Hvy Field Artillery Regiment is located at Mandalay.
6818 men are based at Krung Thep.

Recon

B-25J Mitchell takes recon photos of Nanning 3 LCUs 1160/17/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Eniwetok 1 LCU 2820/4/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Haiphong 1 X AP, 1 X AG

Combat

The SS Grayback, 7 miles E of Balikpapan, was surprised by 2 X PC and she underwent a spirited attack leaving her with moderate damage and moderately heavy flooding. She will make for Darwin.

Palawan loads planes and will head for Luganville pending orders for elsewhere. Red watches as the crated planes are loaded with Cookie. The personnel for the unit will come aboard just before they depart. Red is amazed at how many crates of just parts are traveling.

Victory Points Japanese 26614 Allied 16798

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RE: Sorry - 11/9/2011 9:28:47 PM   
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Intel

43rd Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
44th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Koepang.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
6710 men are based at Iwo Jima.
1768 men are based at Fushan.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 1 LCU 1800/6/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 20240/186/7
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 2400/8/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant

Combat

The SS Albacore, 81 miles S of Takamatsu, was attacked by 4 X MSW.

Maloelap was raided by 6 X PB4Y, of which 1 was downed and 4 damaged. The airfield had light damage and a secondary explosion indicated that some supplies were destroyed.

Jaluit was bombed by 35 X B-25J and 46 X P-38G. The AA accounted for a bomber and damaged 7 others while the port sustained light damage and casualties were reportedly light.

The 5th New Chinese Corps, strung out in the Chinese countryside, was hit by 8 X Helen for light losses.

The Helena sailed as part of the screen for a CVTF. They are under orders to protect the troop convoy bound for Eniwetok.

Thus begins the campaign to kick in the door. FDR is demanding that the brass get results or get fired. “General Marshall, Admiral King if we can't motivate our commanders to get the job done I want them replaced. No more excuses.” With that the private meeting breaks up. Stimson, Marshall and King have been put on notice and from now on it's expected that the war will be run more aggressively.

Sam and the other men are wondering where this island named Eniwetick or something like that is. “I've never heard of it,” says one man while another says, “I think it's closer to Japan.” With that the men grow quiet as they think of the stories that they've heard about the Japanese fighting until the bitter end.

“So we're going to sit here and await orders,” says Gunny to the platoon. We'll have some more space as some of the troops have been sent off to parts unknown. Yep, that means that as of tomorrow we'll be going for a little walk of say about 10 miles.” Slim wonders and figures that means 10 out and 10 back. “We'll have full packs and we'll carry our weapons.” A groan is heard from the machine gunners and mortar men. Smiling Gunny says, “So grab some chow and some rack time because we'll assemble at 0500.” Slim now knows that C rats will be all they're going to be eating with such an early start.

Ed's Old Gals are ready to sail and once darkness falls they depart as does a supply convoy.

At Wake Island one of the RCTs and some support units are put on alert. They will replace the assault troops once Eniwetok has been taken.

Gil sits on his cot reading a letter from Elaine. She's bored and lonely since he left and misses him. He smiles as he starts to write a reply. Today has been a good day as he actually got on a B-29 and got to spend some time looking it over, especially his station. Tomorrow will start with the plane commanders and pilots getting some flight time in. Meanwhile the rest of the crews will wait a bit more. They sure are big and beautiful he thinks.

Victory Points Japanese 26619 Allied 16803

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RE: She's A Dish - 11/10/2011 9:55:49 PM   
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Intel

20th Division is located at Changkufeng.
21st AA Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
122nd IJNAF Base Force is located at Foochow.
124th IJA Base Force is located at Tavoy.
12th Army is located at Chengting.
5907 men are based at Niigata.
212 ships are based at Tokyo.
217065 men are based at Ominato.
Keelung Fortress is located at Taipei.
17th Division is located at Sian.
67076 men are based at Mishan.
101st IJA Base Force is located at Gumma.
248722 men are based at Sasebo.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Fushan 1 LCU 1340/5/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 5100/10/0

Combat

The SS Pompon, 67 miles SE of Rabaul, was attacked by 4 PGs and a PC. No damage was done as the sub dove under the depth charges.

Koepang was raided by 15 X PB4Y and 30 X B-24J and the flak damaged 6 of the former and 5 of the later while the airfield sustained moderate damage. Multiple secondary explosions were reported, 2 X Sally were destroyed and troop losses were placed at moderately heavy.

The 6th Chinese Air Base Force, which appears doomed by the attrition caused by lack of supplies, was attacked by 11 X Helen. Casualties were reported as light, but desertions and plunging morale are causes for concern.

The British government confirms with Washington that their offensive is well under way. The liberation of Burma is a key to the Allied plans. The goals are to open the land link to China, take Mandalay and Rangoon. After that supplies will pose no problems as convoys from India to Rangoon's port will feed the army. An advance down the Malay Peninsula towards Singapore is a possibility after the troops rest and refit.

The O'Bannon sails as part of the screen for a CVTF. Phil is pleased thinking back to his days as exec on the Benham and always seeming to pull convoy or replenishment TF escort duties. This is what a good ship is for, hunting.

Palawan has dropped anchor at Luganville and now awaits further orders. The men go ashore and visit familiar haunts. They steer clear of army and navy personnel as they prefer the company of other merchant seamen or the marines. Red takes Lucky for a walk and some Sea Bees offer to buy the dog as they say they need a mascot for their battalion. Red refuses all offers and tells them that they're wasting their time. “Besides,” he adds, “This dog is the ship's good luck charm. How could I ever let him go? The crew would kill me and he and I have an agreement to see this war out together.” The men relent and offer Red a beer and ask him about where he's been and what he's done. He tells them of the sinking of his ship trying to escape from Manila and getting picked up by a sub. “Other than that we just haul men and supplies here and there.”

Slim was wrong in his figuring. The whole battalion turned out and they marched off. It was about 10 miles before they took a break. As soon as he got comfortable he heard orders to “get on your feet.” Carrying the tripod for the machine gun is rough and he calls to one of the guys carrying ammo, “Switch with me for a while,” and the man does without a word. It's nice to have some replacements around, thinks Slim. As evening approaches a halt is called and they fall out. Men moan, groan, curse and complain and that only gets worse when they find out that tomorrow they should meet up with their supply of K rats. Men rummage through their packs for food and sip from their canteens. Slim figures that it's time for the Marines to keep them lean and mean. The highlight of the day was when a convoy of Army trucks carrying troops passed them and the Marines made barking noises at them.

Tomorrow the Lucky 11 are supposed to go up in a B-29 for the first time together. More planes are arriving each day and the men are told that training will accelerate as much as possible. Today's mail call left Gil with nothing. One of the guys in the crew is busily showing off a picture of his girl back home and everyone agrees that she's a dish.

Sam busily go over all of his gear and cleans his rifle. Once he's done a corporal comes by and his platoon follow him to an area of the deck reserved for the men to do calisthenics. Needles to say that Sam works up a seat and he thinks that the area he's bunked in, with it's poor ventilation, already smells bad enough from so many people in such a confined area. One of the men in his squad says that they should sleep on the deck tonight, “After all what can they do to us? Send us off to war?”

A couple of days ago Hitler announced that “We shall go on fighting past 12 o'clock.” This was to be his last speech to the Nazi Party.

The Russians made a breakthrough near Gomel.

Victory Points Japanese 26625 Allied 16807

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RE: You Volunteered For This - 11/11/2011 8:20:36 PM   
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Intel

5849 men are based at Takamatsu.
4th AA Regiment is located at Toyama.
2nd RF Gun Battalion is located at Sian.
6th AF Construction Battalion is located at Pagan.
6939 men are based at Shimuzu.
8th Construction Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
1st Aviation Rgt is located at Johore Bahru.
2nd Fleet is located at Balikpapan.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
Peng Hu Fortress is located at Pescadores.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chiamussu 6 LCUs 29500/273/131
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Mukden 28 bombers, 4 aux, 4 LCUs 6080/26/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chihfeng vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 8000/43/0

Combat

The SS Bluefish, 71 miles S of Kagoshima, tracked down a radar contact and managed to torpedo a very heavily escorted TK, setting it on fire.

The SS Tarpon, 16 miles N of Buna, intercepted a very heavily escorted AK and hit it with a fish causing fires.

The SS Corvina, 88 miles S of Kagoshima, was attacked by 4 PCs and she evaded them. Shortly after that she spotted a burning TK, which was thought to have been the ship that the Bluefish attacked.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was bombed by 22 X B-25J and 14 X P-40N and the unit sustained moderate casualties.

The SS Paddle, 80 miles E of Tokyo, was attacked by 5 DDs and must make for Wake as she's suffering flooding.

PH witnesses the loading of another convoy carrying troops to Wake Island, the staging area for the Marianas campaign.

Ships are making for Eniwetok with an eye towards blowing open the CENPAC area. It is hoped that Marcus Island will also fall and then the Marianas will be laid open. No matter what happens after the fall of Eniwetok the Marianas are up next. Marcus can be had later.

The Lucky 11 board a shiny, new B-29 and they man their positions. Gil is so excited that he almost forgot to close the pressure door between the forward compartment and the forward bomb bay. Meanwhile Pete, LT Peters the pilot, and Jake, Capt Jackson the airplane commander go over their checklist and then start the engines. Everybody is busy at their stations as this is their first time getting into the air on a B-29. The engines cough to life and create a deafening noise. Gil can only imagine what it will be like when there are many of these planes roaring to life for a mission. In later years the Veterans Administration will eventually agree to foot the bill for hearing aides for these men due to the noise causing hearing loss being a common problem. The flight is not a long one, 1 ˝ hours, and then they return to base. Once the plane is shut down and they are standing on the ground looking at it they all agree that this is one awesome bird.

Slim's shoulders and feet are killing him and he now knows that their destination is a place named pain and torture. Gunny appears next to Slim and asks for a smoke, which Slim produces. Gunny takes 2 and lights them both, putting one in Slim's mouth. They talk for a bit and then Gunny moves off down the line of tired Marines. Slim remembers what he was told after he finished boot camp, “You volunteered for this so stop complaining.”

Victory Points Japanese 26627 Allied 16809

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RE: Take It Back - 11/12/2011 5:47:20 PM   
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Intel

2nd Fleet is located at Balikpapan.
137th IJA Base Force is located at Wotje.
Elements of the 4th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Tabun-Nur.
5805 men are based at Aomori.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
8th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
5th AF Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
5th Army is located at Heiho.
6th Tank Regiment is planning for an attack on Derby.
119th IJNAF Base Force is located at Tavoy.
226539 men are based at Truk.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pagan 2 LCUs 4080/0/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 3 fighters, 5 aux, 12 LCUs 22940/67/0

Combat

Allied MSWs encountered a mine field at Broome and immediately commenced sweeping operations.

Mandalay was bombed by 122 X Liberator VI and 28 X P-38G. There was very light and ineffectual AA fire. The base was ravaged by the bombing and suffered very heavy damage, some secondary explosions and moderate losses to the ground troops. All or the aircraft departed unharmed.

Myitkyina was raided by 28 X B-24J and the airstrip was lightly damaged while troops had almost no casualties.

Lautem's airfield was hit by 109 X B-25J, 12 X Kittyhawk III and 12 X P-40N. 4 bombers went down and 22 others were damaged by the flak. The base had moderate damage, many secondary explosions and moderate casualties to the troops.

The IJA 1st Hvy Field Artillery Regiment, at Mandalay, was bombed by 42 X B-25J, of which 2 were damaged. Losses suffered due to the attack was unknown.

The Hopei Militia Division was struck by 11 X Helen for light losses.

More troops are loading at Pearl, bound for Wake Island.

Commonwealth troops are massing, poised to jump off in Operation Harpoon. In the meantime other units are already on the move and the Japanese don't have a clue as to what's coming, or at least it's hoped that they don't.

The Palawan just sits idly with her load of planes. Just about everyone is ashore. Red, Cookie and Lucky have stopped by one of their old haunts for a beer. One of the soldiers in the bar says something about keeping that mangy mutt out and Red says, “Take it back. That's my dog that you insulted and doing it insults me.” The man slurs an apology and offers Red a drink. Before long they are joined at a table by Cookie and a couple other men. By the time they leave the bar the word tipsy would be an understatement and they head back to their ship.

Elaine reads a letter that came from Gil telling her how lonely he is even though he's surrounded by so many men. She nods to herself thinking that she knows the feeling.

Sandy hasn't gotten a letter for a while now and she wonders where Bill and his ship are. She sits down at the dining room table and picks up a pen and starts to write a letter to him while Dave listens to the radio telling of another USO tour being organized to entertain the boys overseas.

“Finally,” exclaims Slim as they take a break and are told by Gunny that after a fine meal of K rations they will be heading back to the base. “When I become a civilian again, in 1955, I'm never, ever, going on a long walk again. Nothing more than a couple of blocks,” says Slim wearily as he take off his helmet and pack.

Gil and a couple of the other crew members are still exited about yesterday's training flight. “When do we go up again?” one of them asks. “Dunno, but I can't wait either,” says another. Gil was to busy to really enjoy the ride as the radio malfunctioned and he was busy trying to fix it.

The invasion force continues to make it's way towards Eniwetok. Sam and his pals are on edge as they'll be in the second assault wave. “Wonderful, the second wave all of about 25 yards behind the first wave, just enough to make sure the Japs are awake and ready for us,” says one of the soldiers. Sam thinks about this and wonders if he'll be frozen by fear and unable to do his job. Am I a coward, he wonders. All of the men are having similar thoughts, but nobody dares share their fears because they don't want to be viewed as being afraid.

Aboard the Helena a drill has just been finished and Bill is a bit concerned with the results. “The men need more drills as that one was 15 seconds slower than our best time,” he says to Jeff. Jeff nods in agreement and mentions that he noticed it too. Bill turns his eyes skywards as 4 Hellcats pass by on an outward leg of their CAP station.

The Russians took Zhitomir. The Kiev bridgehead is now 95 miles deep and 150 miles wide.

Victory Points Japanese 26639 Allied 16847

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RE: Poor Souls - 11/13/2011 7:15:46 PM   
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Intel

6th Construction Battalion is located at Heiho.
5th AF Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
44th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Koepang.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
3rd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Matsue.
36th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
12th Ind. Mixed Regiment is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
1st Mortar Regiment is located at Sasebo.
4th AF Construction Battalion is located at Medan.
1st Army is located at Sian.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pagan 2 LCUs 4700/0/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 7 fighters, 7 aux, 12 LCUs 36000/218/2

Combat

The SS Pompon, 14 miles SW of Buka, was located by 5 PGs who laid down a murderous depth charge attack that caused moderate flooding. Pompon will now make for Luganville.

The SS Shad, 17 miles SE of Batan Island, happened across an extremely heavily guarded TK and pressed home an attack, scoring a torpedo hit that did heavy damage and fires. This came at the cost of heavy flooding as a result of the pounding the angry escorts dished out. Shad will now try for Wake Island.

Koepang's airfield was hit by 25 X B-24J and AA fire knocked 2 of them down and damaged 2 more of the bombers. Damage to the base was light as were casualties among the troops.

Lautem was raided by 32 X B-25J and 12 X Kittyhawk III and 4 of the Mitchells were downed and 11 others were damaged by the very heavy and accurate flak. The airfield was lightly damaged and casualties were also light.

The IJA 20th Road Construction Battalion, at Mandalay was raided by 43 X B-25J and 10 X Thunderbolt II. 3 bombers were damaged by ground fire while they inflicted very heavy casualties on the unit.

The 9th Chinese Corps, at Yunan, was bombed by 33 X Helen and 7 X Zero. Both sides sustained no losses as the bombs fell off target and ground fire was light and ineffective.

FDR has been informed that November 25th is D day for the Eniwetok operation. In the meantime American forces continue to steam towards their target knowing that the Japanese are sure to spot them and an attack is probable. The carriers will have to repel an attack and then launch their own and cover the landings, unloading and embarking of the forces involved. Then they will retire, replenish and raid the Marianas to get a peek at what the Japanese have there.

The Lucky 11 had another training flight today, but they had to abort when the number 3 engine wouldn't start. All of the men were disappointed and now they'll have to wait and see when they get a crack at another plane. Gil thinks that this can only prolong the time before they enter combat. Does this kind of thinking make me a coward he wonders. Later at mail call he gets a letter from Elaine, which he immediately reads.

The Helena had 2 drills today and the times were successively better, but still not what the goal is. “Well keep at them and we'll get there,” says Bill. Jeff agrees and shows a drill schedule for the next week to Bill. Bill says, “If that doesn't do it I'm sure the Japs will.”

Sandy and some of her friends went into town today to see a movie. The Movie tone News showed things about the troops in Europe and mentioned nothing about the Pacific. She barely paid attention to the movie as her thoughts were with Bill.

Brisbane has seen a diminished flow of convoys since the Japanese are no longer in Australia. Today one arrived with some troops and once they were ashore and formed up transport trains started to carry them to Townsville. Pete and Sylvia saw them passing and joined the crowd that waved them on. Poor souls, though Pete.

Victory Points Japanese 26650 Allied 16849

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RE: Great Tan - 11/14/2011 4:08:14 PM   
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Intel

1st Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
2nd Army is located at Truk.
35th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Rangoon.
28875 men are based at Tsitsihar.
13499 men are based at Bonin.
1st Engineer Regiment is located at Port Moresby.
Chichijima Fortress is located at Niigata.
12th AA Regiment is located at Peking.
40th Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
47th Division is located at Tsingtao.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
23rd Engineer Regiment is located at Inch'on.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pagan 2 LCUs 5000/0/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 2 fighters, 1 aux, 12 LCUs 28340/101/0

Combat

Lautem was raided by 28 X B-25J and 2 X Kittyhawk III. The flak was heavy and accurate a a Mitchell went down and 16 more were damaged as they did moderate damage to the airfield. A few secondary explosions were reported and casualties to ground troops was listed as heavy.

Merauke's airfield was hit by 41 X B-17E for light damage. No opposition was offered by the Japanese.

The IJA 20th Road Construction Battalion, at Mandalay, was attacked by 39 X B-25J and 10 X Thunderbolt II. A bomber was damaged and casualties for the Japanese was put at heavy.

The Hopei Militia Division was bombed by 15 X Helen and suffered light casualties.

Sam, like the rest of the men in his unit are becoming increasingly nervous as they approach their target. “The island is lightly held. There aren't many of the enemy there. The fighting will be over before you know it. Besides if anything goes wrong there will be 2 divisions to clean up the mess.” None of this comforts him as he listens to his LT, who hasn't seen any action either.

Slim has another one of the guys lance his blisters with his KaBar. He's to tired to stand in line for sick call and besides he feels that he couldn't walk another step. He admits that getting the mg's tripod off of his shoulders seems like the weight of the world was lifted from him. Gunny stops by to see how he's doing and Slim says, “Do me a favor. The next time the brass gets it in their heads to try and kill us before the Japs can get me some other kind of duty.” The veterans of the division are vexed at why they are being pushed so hard with nothing going on.

“That's better,” says Bill, “only a few seconds slower than their best time. I'd still want to better our record though.” He's always felt that to stay alive nothing should be left to chance and that a few seconds could be the difference between life and death. Later he writes a letter to Sandy and it helps to relieve the pressures of command. He still can't sleep though so he picks up an old book and starts to read it. Bill doesn't get to far before he dozes off.

Another day of being on alert, but not flying has kept Stick near his plane in the hot sun. If nothing else I'll end this war with a great tan, he thinks.

Victory Points Japanese 26654 Allied 16852

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RE: Next Best Thing - 11/15/2011 1:37:42 PM   
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Intel

1823 men are based at Gumma.
10561 men are based at Etorofo Jima.
42nd AA Regiment is located at Seoul.
3rd Hvy Field Artillery Regiment is located at Lunga.
8172 men are based at Toyohara.
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
12th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
23rd Mixed Brigade is located at Lunga.
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
Arshan Garrison Regiment is located at Arshaan.
2nd Parachute Regiment is located at Lautem.
Shuzan Naval Guard Unit is located at Dili.
2nd Fleet is located at Balikpapan.
5th Army is located at Heiho.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pagan 2 LCUs 4720/0/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Eniwetok 1 LCU 1780/2/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Tabun-Nur 1 LCU 480/5/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Mishan 8 LCUs 15560/180/218

Combat

The SS Bluefish, 19 miles E of Naha, was attacked by a PG and a PC who never pinned the sub's exact location down. The sub then spotted the 2 AKs that were being escorted by these 2 vessels at proceeded to put 2 fish into the side of one of the AKs leaving the ship burning and very heavily damaged.

Nanning was raided by 14 X B-25J and 2 X P-40N. The Japanese had 6 X Zeke, 5 X George and 18 X Tony up and a furball ensued. A Zeke was damaged, so was a George while 2 X Tony were shot up. 2 of the Mitchells went down and 3 were damaged as they did light damage to the base and destroyed a Tojo and a Helen on the ground.

Mandalay was targeted by 120 X Liberator VI, 7 X Spitfire VIII and 27 X P-38G. The airfield was very heavily damaged, there were numerous secondary explosions and the troops had very heavy losses. A lone bomber was damaged. The 20th Road Construction Battalion, at Mandalay was hit by 30 X B-25J, 3 X Spitfire VIII and 16 X Thunderbolt II. 2 Thunderbolts were damaged by ground fire as the unit had moderate losses.

Myitkyina was attacked by 40 X B-24J, of which AA damaged 6. The base had light damage, a couple of secondary explosions were reported and ground personnel sustained light casualties.

Andaman Island was swept by 24 X P-38J, who did no damage to the base and lost a plane and 3 others were damaged.

Merauke was bombed by 33 X B-17E and the airfield took light damage. All of the planes departed unscathed.

The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was bombed by 11 X Helen and had light casualties.

The Nationalist Chinese are clamoring for additional supplies, planes, you name it and they want it. Washington is reluctant to meet these demands as the Chinese manage to just sit on their behinds and the aid seems to disappear into thin air all to often.

The RN liaison is explaining to his USN counterpart that the Corsairs can indeed operate from carriers. He explains how it's being done by the RN and invites Washington to send a mission to Australia where they can get a firsthand glimpse when the RN carriers arrive there. “I'll pass the invite, but to be frank with you I doubt that the Navy sees things the same way,” says the American. Besides the Hellcats are doing pretty good, aren't they?”

The Helena's crew has consistently posted excellent times in their drills. Bill is very pleased and rewards them with some time to relax. Soon enough they will be at their stations nonstop as the Eniwetok operations takes place. He wonders if the IJN will appear to defend the island and figures that it's not valuable enough, but surprises often happen and you never can tell.

Phil listens to the ensign telling of the man in his section who was awakened by the klaxon from a deep sleep and immediately tried to shut the valves above his bunk, but couldn't find them. Everyone had a laugh at the poor guy's expense as the valves don't exist on the O'Bannon. He transferred into the crew at Luganville before they sailed on this cruise. It seems on his old ship when the Klaxon sounded he was to shut the valves before heading to his station. “He'll be hearing about this one for a while,” says the young man. Phil shares the laugh with the rest of the officers in the ward room and then excuses himself to head for the bridge.

The chief mechanic is talking to the group of pilots and he tells them that the new version of the Corsair, that they're slated to get, a better plane. He says, “It's faster, a better climb rate, more maneuverable, more durable, has more armor and can lug a heavier load.” The pilots look at one another and their and they pass many comments. Stick thinks that if his current bird is so good this new one must be the next best thing to perfection.

Sam spent all morning attending to his gear. His M1 is as clean as they can be and his bayonet is sharp enough to shave with. One of the guys was kidding him and asked if Sam was planning to kill all of the Japs himself. “No, but I figure that if I'm ready for whatever I just might live long enough to get off of that island.” That afternoon the men were lined up and they were given injections in an effort to prevent the soldiers from getting sick.

Doc stopped by Slim's tent and gave him some pills to take for his feet. In the Marines they love their Navy medics as much as their rifles and these pills are dispensed for almost everything under the sun. Slim thanked him and then he was given an ointment to put on his feet twice a day until it runs out. He feels better already and the tag he's got excusing him from all but the lightest of duties is shown to Gunny when he pops by. Gunny laughs and says something about how the old breed was so tough and you newer guys are soft. Slim smiles knowing that as a veteran of combat he's looked at as an old timer by the replacements.

Sandy stops by the Post Office to mail some letters to Bill and sees a poster on the wall for the Navy.

The Allied Expeditionary Air Force has been formed for the invasion of Europe.

Victory Points Japanese 26690 Allied 16858






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RE: Next Best Thing - 11/16/2011 11:36:42 PM   
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Intel

13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
54th Division is located at Okayama.
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
Sasebo 7th SNLF is located at Jaluit.
5913 men are based at Arshaan.
52916 men are based at Marcus Island.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
61st Naval Guard Unit is located at Gili Gili.
10th Tank Regiment is located at Mishan.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
2nd Reserve AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
56th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Arshaan.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Shanghai.
25th Army is located at Truk.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chihfeng vacant
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 37360/287/7
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 4 LCUs 15720/156/5
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Lashio 2 LCUs 5440/19/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Waingapu vacant

Combat

The SS Darter, 87 miles SE of Tokyo, tried unsuccessfully to attack 3 destroyers who later on turned the tables as they tried to attack the sub. Both sides escaped damage.

Kweiyang was bombed by 37 X Helen, 16 X Tojo and 4 snooping Dinahs. A Helen was downed and another damaged by AA fire while the base took moderate damage and light casualties.

Ichang was attacked by 43 X B-25J and 42 X P-40N. They ran into 30 X Jack, 6 X Tojo, 21 X Nick and 50 X Tony and the fight was on. A Jack was shot down (15 damaged), 2 X Tojo were damaged, a Nick was destroyed (8 damaged and 8 X Tony went down (9 damaged) while 24 Mitchells were shot down and 31 Warhawks met their demise. The base had minor damage and a lone secondary explosion was claimed.

Mandalay was raided by 117 X Liberator VI, 8 X Spitfire VIII, 7 X Thunderbolt II and 23 X P-38G. A lone bomber was damaged by the flak as the base was moderately damaged. Some secondary explosions were reported and heavy losses among the troops were claimed.

Myitkyina was struck by 30 X B-24J, 1 of which was damaged, for light damage and casualties.

Koepang was attacked by 28 X B-24J, 11 damaged, as the base had light damage, a few secondary explosions, a Sally destroyed and light casualties.

Lautem was the subject of the attention of 43 X B-25J and 2 X Kittyhawk III. 3 bombers were brought down and 14 damaged by the AA fire while the airfield took very light damage.

Merauke was visited by 37 X B-17E and the airstrip had light damage.

The IJA 20th Road Construction Battalion, at Mandalay, was pounced on by 42 X B-25J, 1 damaged. All of the ordinance missed the target.

The Hopei Militia Division was hit by 11 X Helen and had very light losses.

“Why does it seem that it takes forever to get anywhere on these ships?” Sam's pal asks nobody in particular. Sam thinks of the map of the Pacific Ocean that they were looking at earlier and answers, “Maybe because it's so damned big and these ships are so slow.”

Ed has drawn up the bombardment plans based on the latest intel that was radioed to him. He wonders if there will be the cursed mine fields to be dealt with. Is it really possible to win a war by making it impossible for your enemy to attack without heavy losses due to these damned things? The escorts will not participate in the shelling of the island so that the fleet may stand farther offshore in case there are mines present. His job is to take risks and his Old Gals must do their job well in order to save the lives of the infantry.

Closer and closer, the Helena's TF continues towards their target. Another drill today and the crew is very sharp, Bill is pleased with his ship and the men who man her.

The Palawan languishes in Luganville's harbor. The men are bored and the first mate has assigned work parties to attack some of the rust. Paint chipping is not one of the favorite things to do and there are buckets of paint for the afternoon's work. After eating the men were pleased to see a darkening sky and the rains that followed. Red grins at one of his buddies and tells him, “Tomorrow is another day and the skipper will still want that paint slapped on Palawan so you know the first mate won't forget about it.” The man just grumbles as he walks away.

“Can you imagine being in a steel tube, under water, with explosions around you? How can anybody do that? It must be hard for the boys fighting the war,” continues Sandy, “I'm glad to be a female and waiting isn't really so bad.” Dave nods and smiles at her as she continues preparing their dinner. “We hear about how bad it is in other countries because they don't have things and we complain because we want more. Dad, this is a crazy world and I hope and pray that when this war ends it'll become a better place. One that you can raise a family without seeing your sons have to go off and fight.”

The RAF bombed the heavy water plant at Telemark, which the Germans were attempting to repair.

Victory Points Japanese 26757 Allied 16896

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RE: Boondockers - 11/17/2011 1:14:52 PM   
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Intel

50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
2nd Parachute Regiment is planning for an attack on Broome.
Imperial Guards Division is planning for an attack on Darwin.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Port Moresby.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
15th Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Darwin.
10th Aviation Rgt is located at Changchun.
128th IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Darwin.
52nd Construction Battalion is located at Changchun.
120th IJA Base Force is located at Hanoi.
110 aircraft are based at Mutanchiang.
64th Construction Battalion is located at Nagasaki.

Recon

F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Maumere vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Aru Island vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Moulmein 1 LCU 720/0/0

Combat

Kweiyang saw 48 unescorted Helens appear and dish out moderate damage to the base while 4 Dinahs milled around observing the activity. AA fire knocked a Dinah down and damaged another while 3 Helens were damaged. Casualties were light.

Mandalay was hit by 111 X Liberator VI, 10 X Spitfire VIII and 29 X P-38G and flak damaged a bomber while the base was hammered for extremely heavy damage, numerous secondary explosions and light casualties to the ground personnel. It is hoped that these heavy raids will steadily reduce the ability of the Japanese to withstand the coming attack.

Koepang was bombed by 15 X PB4Y and 19 X B-24J and AA fire damaged 2 of the PB4Ys and 5 of the Liberators while they dished out moderately light damage to the airfield, trashed a Dinah, caused a couple of secondary explosions and heavy losses to the ground troops.

Merauke was hit by 32 X B-17E for light damage and a large secondary explosion. All planes departed safely.

The SS Halibut, 11 miles NW of Rabaul, torpedoed a very heavily escorted AK, setting it ablaze. The sub was violently attacked, but she managed to escape with only very minor damage.

The training in the B-29s is proceeding slowly due to the lack of airframes. The number of planes is steadily increasing, but is still inadequate for the number of aircrews. This is a problem at all of the bases where training is taking place. The Lucky 11 had a scheduled flight scrubbed today due to problems with the plane. The men wonder about these problems as readiness of aircraft will be a major concern once they are overseas. Gill spends the down time writing a letter to Elaine and then getting involved in a pick up baseball game.

Slim's feet are starting to feel better and he has now resumed normal duties. The combat veterans avoid the worst of the details as the new men get them. This doesn't mean that there isn't plenty to do though. Gunny stops by and tells Slim to fall out and report to the battalion quartermaster for a new pair of boondockers. Slim smiles and utters a happy, “Aye Aye Gunny.” The ones that he's been using are just about shot and are probably the cause of his problems on the last march. Next to a Marine's rifle his feet are most important.

The Palawan continues to ride at anchor at Luganville. Red works the radio and constantly monitors the airwaves, pumping out music whenever he can. His radio shack has become the second most favorite spot on the ship, after the galley. Lucky has discovered some rats on the ship and is going crazy trying to catch them. He's to big to chase them down in most of the places he discovers them, but that doesn't deter him. Today he brought Red a present of a dead rat and Red praised him and gave him something to eat. Later Red and Cookie head ashore to take in some of the pleasures of the harbor.

Sandy's friend was going into town and she offered to take Sandy along. Bored with nothing to do Sandy jumps at the chance and she posts another couple of letters to Bill while she got none herself. They walk over to the general store across from the town's little Post Office and the first thing that catches Sandy's eye is a poster for the USMC. She's growing to hate this war.

A storm of protests over the release of Sir Oswald Mosley, a British fascist, on health grounds take place.

The Russian 60th Army took Korosten.

Victory Points Japanese 26759 Allied 16900






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RE: Next Best Thing - 11/17/2011 8:18:28 PM   
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The SS Darter, 87 miles SE of Tokyo, tried unsuccessfully to attack 3 destroyers who later on turned the tables as they tried to attack the sub.


Tsk, tsk. Darter should be attacking heavy cruisers.

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RE: Sleep - 11/18/2011 10:55:11 PM   
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The USN will gladly accept any shipping claimed by any of their weapons platforms.

November 18, 1943 New Mexico

Intel

35th Division is located at Sian.
3rd Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Kwajalein.
3rd Tank Div is located at Peking.
111th IJN Base Force is located at Shikka.
86753 men are based at Camranh Bay.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
14th Construction Battalion is located at Salamaua.
1st South Seas Det. is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
Peng Hu Fortress is located at Pescadores.
23rd Special Base Force is located at Manila.
11th Aviation Rgt is located at Rangoon.
10th Area Army is located at Chengting.
3067 men are based at Kitakyushu.
35th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 21 bombers, 13 aux, 6 LCUs 20280/74/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Maumere vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Aru Island vacant

Combat

The SS Corvina, 27 miles E of Tokyo, was pounced on by 5 DDs, but she managed to evade them without suffering any damage.

Rangoon was bombed by 29 X B-24J, of which 10 suffered damage from the flak. The airfield sustained light damage though a few secondary explosions were seen and casualties were light.

Mandalay was again the scene of a large raid by 108 X Liberator VI, 8 X Spitfire VIII, 11 X Thunderbolt II and 25 X P-38G. No planes were damaged as the almost nonexistent AA fire was inaccurate. The base was heavily damaged and a couple of secondary explosions were noted and casualties were heavy.

Koepang was raided by 7 X PB4Y, 3 damaged, and they did very light damage to the airfield, and losses among the troops were very light.

Maloelap was targeted by 27 X PB4Y, 6 damaged, and they did light damage to the airfield, destroyed a Dinah and caused moderate casualties.

The 20th Road Construction Battalion was again attacked by 47 X Mitchells, but they missed and both sides had no losses.

Broome continues to have fuel and supplies pour ashore Derby finds AKs and TKs busily disgorging supplies and fuel as a surface combat TF departs to cover the huge convoys heading for Wyndham. This is the RN's contribution to the Allied cause as now ships will be able to operate out of Australia and menace shipping in the SRA much easier.

Orders have been issued for the Commonwealth troops massed at Imphal to begin the tedious journey into Burma with the intent of kicking the Japanese back as far as possible. It is hoped that the initial stage will succeed and then the army will be free of the slow moving trails and cause mayhem with some freedom of movement. The tough part is cracking the first defensive line. Rangoon remains the ultimate goal for this ambitious offensive, but Mandalay, Pagan and Myitkyina must fall first and then the Japanese troops must be dealt with as a large force behind the lines is not an acceptable thing.

Red sits on a hatch cover, bored out of his mind. Lucky is lying nearby and Cookie has submitted a list of supplies that he needs before sailing and now he too has nothing to do. The lack of activity is wearing on all of the crew. Either they're worried about being attacked or bored.

Sylvia's belly is just beginning to show a bit of growth and Pete is really getting into the role of proud father. The guys who frequent the pub always ask what names they've picked and they keep telling Pete to get it done.

Sam is increasingly worried as they draw ever closer to his first taste of combat. He's sure that he'll be to afraid to do his job and that he'll let his buddies down. He doesn't know that everyone in his unit has the same fears.

Another day on CAP duty and when Stick lands he has a few words with the crew chief who asks some questions about the plane and then they are both off in opposite directions.

Gil and the rest of the Lucky 11 got in a 4 hour flight today. Everyone is rapidly becoming familiar with the plane. They even made Brownie, the tail gunner, crawl off in the tunnel to his position for an hour or so. On real missions he will spend most of the flight with the rest of the crew and then go to his position when they near the area where the Japanese could be. Gil has little to do and he dozes off. He is rapidly developing a talent for falling asleep on these flights and snapping to full awareness when they get a message over the radio. Gel, the flight engineer, gives Gill a ribbing about the sleeping. The one thing the crew really enjoys is the hot coffee they have on the plane.

The “Battle Of Berlin” started with the RAF bombing the German capital.

The German Army counterattacked and retook Zhitomir.

Victory Points Japanese 26786 Allied 16907

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RE: Old Man - 11/19/2011 12:20:52 PM   
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Intel

8th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Lunga.
38th Road Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
Elements of the 17th Mixed Brigade are located at Soochow.
2nd Army is located at Truk.
4th Air Division is located at Tokyo.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
35th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
5th NLF is located at Lautem.
4th South Seas Det. is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
112th IJN Base Force is located at Wakkanai.
111th IJNAF Base Force is located at Kanazawa.
Southern Area Army is located at Singapore.
8179 men are based at Toyohara.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Maumere vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Kai Island vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 114 fighters, 143 aux, 23 LCUs

Combat

The SS Halibut, 23 miles S of Kavieng, was attacked by PGs and PCs who managed to give the sub a pretty rough time.

The SS Darter, 31 miles E Hamamatsu, was attacked by a few DDs and suffered through an intense depth charge assault. After trying everything to give her attackers the slip Darter finally managed to break free only for her tormentors to locate and attack her again in the afternoon. In the early evening the sub was once more targeted by the destroyers, who just won't give up the hunt.

Kweiyang was swept by 15 X Zero, 16 X George, 15 X Tojo and a Dinah and 37 X P-40N were there to oppose them. After the air battle it was determined that 2 X Zero, 8 X George and 5 X Tojo were destroyed at a cost of 7 Warhawks downed and 2 others damaged. The Chinese gave a good account of themselves and the Japanese were surprised to have gotten their noses bloodied.

Pagan was attacked by 57 X B-25J and the base was lightly damaged, had many secondary explosions while ground troops took light casualties. All of the lanes departed untouched.

Mandalay again drew the attention of 82 X Liberator VI, 7 X Spitfire VIII and 29 X P-38G. 3 of the bombers were damaged by flak while they inflicted heavy damage to the base, scored some secondary explosions and caused light troop losses.

Koepang was raided by 4 X PB4Y, all of whom were damaged, in return for doing light damage to the airstrip.

Maloelap was the target of 8 X PB4Y and 6 of them were damaged by AA while the caused light damage to the airfield and destroyed a Dinah.

Majuro was bombed by 44 X B-25J and 45 X P-38G. Both sides suffered no losses and the planes retired having totally missed their target.

Jaluit was visited by 27 X B-25J and 1 plane was brought down and 6 others damaged by the flak while they did light damage to the port.

The Hopei Militia Division, which is on the verge of collapse due to starvation, had light losses at the hands of 15 X Helen.

The timetable for Eniwetok is Ed's Old Gals and naval air to pound the island's defenses 4 days from now and then on the next morning the landings will commence.

Word has been passed down the chain of command and now the sergeants are telling the enlisted men that the island of Eniwetok is their target. “Resistance is expected to be light, but with 2 divisions going ashore we'll be ready for anything. The Navy will bombard with ships and planes the day before we hit the beaches. When we do go ashore I want you to remember to get off the beach and move inland. Those who stay on the beach will become casualties so move fast and you'll be OK.” With that Sam and his pals silently look at one another and try to force smiles. At least they now know when and where.

Ed rolls the bombardment plans over once more in his head and he can't think of anything that they haven't covered. His force will engage the target from a range expected to keep the ships out of any minefields that may exist and carrier planes will be flying overhead to protect them from possible Japanese air raids. Confident that this time things will go well Ed turns in and gets some much needed sleep.

Slim, having fully recovered, is chided by some of the men from his platoon that he's getting soft in his old age. “Old age? Are you guys nuts? I'm all of 22!” For a Marine this is on the old side as many of them are in their teens and the new men look at the combat veterans as Old Breed Marines. With nothing to do sergeants take their platoons to the rifle range, on marches or just daily exercise to keep the men in shape and to fight the boredom of waiting.

On another trip into town, with her father this time, Sandy heads to the little Post Office to see if there is any mail for her. She's pleased to find that they do have a letter for her from Bill. This makes her day.

Victory Points Japanese 26794 Allied 16932


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RE: Old Man - 11/20/2011 11:14:45 PM   
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Intel

28824 men are based at Tsitsihar.
12th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
4299 men are based at Kyoto.
Yosu Fortress is located at Masan.
14th Construction Battalion is located at Salamaua.
1st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
16th Division is located at Tulagi.
42nd Division is located at Sendai.
3rd South Seas Det. is planning for an attack on Wake Island.
2nd Area Army is located at Koepang.
2838 men are based at Matsue.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Waingapu vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Koepang 13 LCUs 37440/346/17
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 144 fighters, 148 aux, 24 LCUs

Combat

The SS Searaven, 23 miles E of Singapore, attacked a heavily escorted TK and hit it with 2 torpedoes causing heavy damage and fires. A short time later after keeping tabs on the Japanese ships while reloading her forward tubes the Searaven again attacked. This time a spread of 4 fish was fired on a TK and they all struck home causing a huge fireball that hid the ship from sight. Once the smoke had cleared the victim was nowhere to be seen. The escorts did manage to give the sub a pounding and she has light systems damage and a leak in the pressure hull that looks as if it's fixable. Still she will evade her hunters and then head home.

The SS Darter, 15 miles E Hamamatsu, tried to attack an ASW TF made up of 5 PGs, but couldn't manage to get into a favorable position. The PGs tried and failed to harm their would be attacker.

Pagan was raided by 54 X B-25J and the base had moderate damage, some secondary explosions and light casualties while the attackers suffered nary a scratch.

Kwajalein was bombed by 33 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged. The airfield took light damage, a few secondary explosions occurred, an Alf, 2 X Betty and a Jake were destroyed while the ground troops sustained light losses.

The Japanese have spotted the American ships approaching and now it's just waiting for the response. Nobody expected to sail through the Marshalls and not be detected or attacked. They are ready for anything thrown at them and the wait is short. The USN TF 37 miles S of Namorik was attacked by 3 X Betty and 4 X Zeke and the CAP of 99 Wildcats and 311 Hellcats destroyed all of them before the Japanese pilots knew what was going on. Another attack was tried by 8 X Judy, 44 X Betty and 59 X Zeke and again the CAP pounced. All of the Judys and Bettys went down as did 52 X Zeke while the Americans paid with 7 Wildcats downed (8 damaged) and 4 Hellcats destroyed (23 damaged). The raid never got within striking distance of the American ships. Then 3 unescorted Bettys appeared and they managed to damage 4 Hellcats as the CAP of 92 X F4F-4 and 307 X F6F destroyed them long before they represented a real threat. The Japanese weren't done yet as they threw 15 X Betty and 7 X Zeke into the fray and the 46 X F4F-4 and 160 X F6F jumped them. 12 X Betty went down as did 3 X Zeke before the others turned tail and ran. The Americans had 2 Wildcats and 7 Hellcats damaged. The radar was able to vector the CAP into position each time the Japanese were detected and the ships were never in danger and never even fired a shot. It is now thought that the threat of Japanese LBA interfering with the Eniwetok landings has become a remote possibility unless they fly in new formations of planes from elsewhere.

Majuro was hit by 51 X B-25J and 39 X P-38G. The port sustained moderate damage and a large secondary explosion was observed. No planes were damaged in the attack.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was struck by 22 X B-25J and 15 X P-40N and had moderate losses.

The 5th New Chinese Corps, hopelessly bogged down in the countryside trying to escape the Sining region, was bombed by 11 X Helen and had light casualties. Desertion is the greatest problem the Chinese are facing now as these raids are demoralizing.

Bill spent the day on the bridge reading messages and watching and waiting. He was aware of the Japanese air attacks, but they never saw an enemy plane all day. The crew has been fed sandwiches at their stations and he lets half of them go grab some hot chow and some rack time. Later tonight the other half of the crew will get to do the same and tomorrow they will all be at battle stations again for daybreak. It's an exhausting routine for the skipper down to the men in the galley, but there's nothing else more important than being ready for come what may.

Pete and Sylvia are planning a Thanksgiving dinner and have invited her family and their friends for it. This will be something new for the Australians and Pete finds it strange to be telling the hotel's kitchen staff what they need to make. He doesn't have a clue when he's questioned about cranberry sauce or what to do with sweet potatoes so he makes a phone call for help. He finally manages to get a hold of John Doe and Pete says, “I need your help. We're going to have a Thanksgiving dinner here at the hotel. Yes, you're invited. What I need are some recipes and I figure that with your connections you could get them for me.” Pete reads off the list of what he needs and John says he'll see what he can do and he promises to try and get some things that Pete can't get his hands on. “OK, thanks. I look forward to hearing back from you,” says Pete and then he hangs up the phone. Sylvia stops by the office and he tells her that everything should be fine for their dinner and she tells him to relay that to his nervous kitchen help.

Cookie has the makings of a nice Thanksgiving dinner for the crew of the Palawan. He was busy making some trades with a quartermaster to get some of the stuff and now he contentedly sits back and relaxes. His assistant and he will be very busy very soon and one of his major concerns is keeping Lucky out of the galley. Today the dog slipped in and Cookie's assistant wasn't on his toes and the dog managed to gorge himself on what was supposed to be lunch.

Ed looks at the charts and knows that his TF is ready to do their job. He actually hopes that the IJN makes an appearance as a black shoe from the gun club wants a chance to deal a blow on the enemy ships. So far in this war the planes and subs have the lion's share of the kills and there hasn't been much in the way of surface engagements.

Elaine and her sister are in New York City and during the train ride she wrote a letter to Gil, which she mails. Her sister points to a recruiting poster on the wall and Elaine says, “Get it out of your head. Mom and dad would kill you. Besides you're to young to join up without their permission.” Her sister nods and then they're on their way to see Elaine's friends.

The Red Army made a breakthrough near Kremenchug. Hitler refused to let Army Group North to withdraw to the Panther Line.

Russian POW losses for the war now total over 5 million.

Jews in Northern Italy are now being sent to concentration camps.

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RE: Why Call It The Head? - 11/21/2011 6:41:14 PM   
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Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
2nd Mixed Regiment is located at Hangchow.
12th AA Regiment is located at Peking.
Kwantung Defense Brigade is located at Changchun.
1st Air Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Tsushima Fortress is located at Masan.
105th IJNAF Base Force is located at Toyohara.
4582 men are based at Toyama.
20th Army is located at Heiho.
7th Air Division is located at Lunga.
1st AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
14th Tank Regiment is planning for an attack on Darwin.
1857 men are based at Naha.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Amboina 2 X APD, 4 LCUs 9840/97/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Tenimbar vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili 2 aux, 10 LCUs 43080/329/6
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Waingapu vacant

Combat

Kweiyang was swept by 8 X Zeke, 6 X Zero and a Dinah flitted about taking in the view. The Chinese weren't caught with their pants down and 20 X P-40N were aloft to greet the unwanted visitors. After the fight was over 4 X Zeke were dead, 4 X Zero were destroyed and the Dinah was damaged at the cost of 5 Warhawks shot down. This will give pause to Japanese planners looking for an easy touch.

Pagan was bombed by 36 Mitchells and the base had moderate damage, a few secondary explosions and light casualties. No planes were damaged.

Mandalay drew the attention of 119 X Liberator VI, 7 X Spitfire VIII and 32 X P-38G. Damage to the base was very heavy, some secondary explosions were reported and the ground troops sustained very heavy casualties. A lone bomber was damaged by light and inaccurate ground fire.

Kwajalein was targeted by 29 X PB4Y, 5 of which were damaged by flak. The airfield had light damage, there were some secondary explosions noted, a Judy was destroyed and casualties were light.

Majuro was bombed by 46 X B-25J and 42 X P-38G. The port was moderately damaged, a large secondary explosion and fire was reported. No planes were damaged.

Jaluit was attacked by 54 X B-25J, 2 destroyed and 5 damaged by AA fire. The port was lightly damaged and a couple of secondary explosions were observed. The troops were thought to have suffered lightly.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was struck by 11 X Betty for moderate losses.

The RN is now under the observation of Japanese planes as the warships continue to provide protection for the huge convoys.

The USN fleet approaches Kwajalein, but the Japanese throw nothing at the the menacing TFs. The plan calls for them to alter course and make for Eniwetok to secure the southern flank of the main axis of attack and of course to cut off the Marshall Islands from safe supply.

The 503 Para Rgt will swing into action and take the 3 islands off of the Australian coast to secure the flank for a possible operation to take the island of Timor. With the RN in the area and fuel in plentiful supply it is hoped that a rapid build up of a base will enable Allied aircraft to disrupt the Japanese stranglehold on the area.

Bill is surprised that the Japanese didn't try to attack the American fleet as it sailed with impunity well within LBA range. The crew is tiring from manning their stations for such long periods of time. Bill has the crew on a rotation so that some hot food and rest can be had.

Only 3 more days and the invasion of Eniwetok will take place. Sam is increasingly nervous and he's been spending more time than normal in the head. As he sits there he wonders why the Navy calls it the head.

Elaine and her sister head towards Penn Station to catch a train back to Pittsburgh. They've had a good time, but they promised their parents to be back for Thanksgiving. They manage to get tickets for the next train and now have a few hours to kill. “Let's do some shopping and buy mom and dad a present and maybe a little something for ourselves. Mays is a block away and we have the time,” says Elaine. So off they go and despite a war being on they find many things to be had.

Field Marshal Kesselring was made CIC of all German forces in Italy.

Victory Points Japanese 26830 Allied 17112

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RE: Why Call It The Head? - 11/22/2011 7:39:22 PM   
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41st AA Regiment is located at Changchun.
8th Engineer Regiment is located at Ichang.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
14th Mortar Battalion is located at Rabaul.
64th Division is located at Nanchang.
24026 men are based at Kanazawa.
22nd AA Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
1st Naval Construction Battalion is located at Takao.
33 aircraft are based at Kyoto.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Taung Gyi vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Waingapu vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili 4 aux, 11 LCUs 52600/400/11

Combat

The SS Bluefish, 73 miles E of Okinawa, crossed paths with a heavily escorted AK and fired a spread of torpedoes, scoring a hit causing fires. The escorts milled about, but never located the sub. The sub lingered and the escorts abandoned the AK so Bluefish fed her 2 more torpedoes, sinking it.

Rangoon was raided by 31 X B-24J and 8 of them were damaged by AA while they pasted the airfield for moderate damage, multiple secondary explosions and light casualties.

Pagan was hit by 45 X B-25J and the airfield had light damage, a large secondary explosion and very light losses were sustained by the personnel there.

Mandalay was once more ravaged by 111 X Liberator VI, 7 X Spitfire VIII and 25 X P-38G. No planes were damaged as they caused extremely heavy damage to the base, a few secondary explosions and very heavy losses among the troops.

Koepang was under a CAP of 9 X Tojo and 15 X Tony when an inbound raid of 30 X B-24J arrived. The bombers fought their way through the fighters suffering a plane destroyed and 21 more damaged. They did bomb the airfield and between the air combat and bombs the Japanese had a Tojo destroyed (3 damaged), 2 Tony downed (9 damaged) 3 X George, 4 X Betty, an Irving and a Dinah were also trashed. The damage to the base was light, a lone secondary explosion was reported and ground troop losses were also light.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was targeted by 18 X B-25J and 12 X P-40N. All of the planes retired undamaged after causing moderate losses to the Japanese.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was struck by 15 X Helen and it had light casualties.

This patrol has been full of action for the SS Corvina as she stumbled upon an AK escorted by 2 MSWs about 46 miles SE of Hamamatsu and put a fish into the AK causing it to catch fire.

Elements of the 503rd Paras Rgt landed at at Aru Island and took it unopposed.

At Tenimbar more of the 503rd landed and took the base, again unopposed.

Next on the day's schedule for the 503rd was Kai Island and that fell to the Americans too.

The RN convoys are on the way to their final destination of Darwin, which will become the dagger pointed at the SRA as naval forces will be able to base there.

Elaine and her sister arrived back in Pittsburgh with no problems and her father isn't surprised that his daughters managed to “squeeze in” some shopping on their trip. Elaine sees that she has a letter from her brother and 3 from Gil.

John Doe roars up to the hotel in a car, jumps out and goes inside. Once he finds Pete they get some help and start to unload the car. “Where did all of this stuff come from? How did you lay your hands on this?” John smiles at Pete and tells him that he asks to many questions. Not only is everything on Pete's list there, but more including recipes.

The Lucky 11 spent the day on a training flight that included a rendezvous and some formation flying. All told they spent about 5 hours in the air. When they landed the crews headed off in different directions. Most of the time the officers don't have much to do with the enlisted men, but the Lucky 11 are different. Ham, the bombardier, went into the Officer's Club and came out with beers for everybody. They sucked them down and then it was Pete, the pilot, who went in and came back with more. This is the beginning of some lifelong friendships.

Sam thinks that in 2 more days he'll either find out he's a coward or be dead. One of the guys in his platoon was talking about how tough the Marines had it when they hit Tarawa. Another guy says that the officers are saying that it's expected to be a cakewalk. “Do you really think that they'd tell us that it's expected to be tough? They're officers and most of them aren't worth a damn anyhow,” the guy says. None of this talk is helping Sam's state of mind so he heads topside. He stares at the stars and thinks how beautiful the night is, so calm.

Ed is finding it difficult to sleep as tomorrow morning the Old Gals will go to work on Eniwetok.

The Cairo summit opened today with Churchill, Roosevelt and Chiang-Kai-Shek attending.

Victory Points Japanese 26828 Allied 17142






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RE: Remember You're Training - 11/23/2011 10:38:45 PM   
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5th Army is located at Heiho.
27th Division is located at Sian.
15th Naval Guard Unit is located at Saigon.
110th IJA Base Force is located at Haichow.
20th Engineer Regiment is located at Canton.
Sanya Base Force is located at Taan.
3509 men are based at Seoul.
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
14th Ind. Brigade is located at Wuhan.
46th Division is located at Rabaul.
29547 men are based at Inch'on.
17th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Niigata.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 300/11/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Changchun 59 fighters, 40 bombers, 69 aux, 8 LCUs 30680/245/481
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 2 LCUs 17200/168/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rangoon 13 LCUs 34040/328/227
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 1 X CA, 1 X SS, 18 LCUs 20660/164/0

Combat

The SS Kingfish was attacked by 4 PGs about 11 miles from Vella Lavella, but managed to dive under the attack and escape with no damage.

Ed's Old Gals opened the attack on Eniwetok with a naval bombardment at dawn with 6 X BB, 2 X CA and a CL pounding the island's facilities. The airfield had moderate damage, the port light damage, numerous secondary explosions were observed, a Judy and a Thora were destroyed while the troops had heavy losses. While Ed's TF was delivering it's bombardment 228 X SBD, 132 X TBF, 72 X TBM and 14 X F6F appeared and proceeded to add to the mayhem. 7 SBDs and a TBF were damaged while heavy damage was done to to the airfield and port, many secondary explosions were reported, a Judy was destroyed and light casualties were inflicted. The naval bombardment continued and more damage was visited on the Japanese defenders and their shattered installations.

Pagan was bombed by 50 X B-25J and the base had light damage, light casualties and the planes all departed intact.

Mandalay was attacked by 113 X Liberator VI, 8 X Spitfire VIII and 24 X P-38G. The base was once again very heavily damaged with many secondary explosions and moderate casualties. No planes were damaged.

Gili Gili was raided by 90 X B-17E, 25 of which were damaged by AA fire. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions, and an Emily was trashed and casualties were light to the troops there.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was struck by 15 X Helen while 2 X Dinah lazily circled watching the show. Chinese losses were light.

The invasion force moved to within 40 miles of Eniwetok and then during the night they will move into position off of the island and disgorge their troops and cargo. Meanwhile at Wake the engineers and garrison troops are boarding their ships to move to the island, where they will relieve the invasion troops, if all goes according to plan.

Training on the B-29s is increasing in tempo all of the time and the crews are functioning well together. The Lucky 11 spend their time in much the same way an infantry squad does, with each other. This will be their family for the duration. Gil finds it interesting as he's been meeting guys from all over the country. He writes a letter to Elaine telling her that he's still being trained and that he's part of a great crew, a really good bunch of guys.

Sam lies in his bunk, unable to sleep knowing that tomorrow morning is his day of reckoning. He's embarrassed to feel so afraid. When he was drafted he never imagined that anything would ever be like this. He drops to the deck and walks around and then finally heads topside for some fresh air. He's not alone and he starts to talk with another soldier from his company. Sam is amazed that the man feels exactly the same way that he does. A sergeant stops by and the three of them talk and he tells them “If you aren't afraid there's something wrong with you. We're all afraid. You'll be fine if you remember your training, get off of the beach fast and follow orders.” He pats them on the shoulder and walks away. Sam thinks about what he was just told and it gives him a glimmer of hope that maybe he isn't a coward and that he just might survive.

Pete's kitchen staff have everything they need and Pete tells them that, “You better do a good job because you're invited to join us in the celebration.” The hotel and pub will operate with just a skeleton staff as most of them are invited to the festivities. Sylvia tells him that he's a really good man. Pete hopes that this is true because after what he's seen he believes the world really needs some good men now more than ever.

The Sangro River was crossed in strength by the Allies.

Victory Points Japanese 26838 Allied 17160

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RE: Pushed Back A Day - 11/25/2011 12:15:59 AM   
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1760 men are based at Tainan.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
35th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.
37th Construction Battalion is located at Canton.
9th AF Construction Battalion is located at Bankha.
11th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
17th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Niigata.
31st AA Regiment is located at Sapporo.
3rd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chiamussu 6 LCUs 32560/303/10
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 22080/195/3
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Amboina 4 LCUs 8620/31/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Koepang 26 fighters, 29 bombers, 52 aux, 13 LCUs 50940/353/20
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 24340/229/0

Combat

The SS Grampus, on patrol about 21 miles SW of Buka, located an extremely heavily escorted AK. Not to be put off she slipped inside the screen and hit her victim with 2 torpedoes. The target was on fire and had heavy damage, but a furious attack followed as the escorts relentlessly tried to do in the sub. Finally they relented after losing contact. Just as the crew let out a collective sigh of relief an ASW TF pounced on them and again the sub was handled roughly. Though the attacks were brutal in nature the sub sustained only minor leaks and will move off and make the needed repairs before resuming her role as the hunter.

Kweiyang was attacked by 98 X Helen, 12 X Zero, 7 X Zeke, 37 X George, 23 X Jack, 11 X Tojo, 36 X Tony and a few Dinahs along for a look see. The Chinese engaged with 29 X P-40N and a bloody fight was on. 2 X Zero, 2 X Zeke, a George, 3 X Jack, 2 X Tojo and 9 X Tony were destroyed with a Tony damaged at the cost of 33 X Warhawks destroyed in the air and on the ground. The base sustained moderate damage, supplies were burning and casualties were light.

Lautem was raided by 86 X B-24J and a CAP of 45 X Zeke and 31 X Jack was on hand to greet them. The bombers held their formations and destroyed 12 X Zeke (22 damaged), a Jack (18 damaged) and an Ida was caught on the ground. 31 Liberators were shot down and 24 more were damaged as the airfield was dealt light damage, and casualties.

Marcus Island , under a CAP of 3 X Zero and 4 X Zeke was attacked by 59 X PB4Y. 2 X Zeke were damaged, 2 bombers went down and 11 others were damaged as the airstrip took light damage, many secondary explosions and light troop losses.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was struck by 18 X B-25J and 10 X P-40N, who caused light casualties to the Japanese unit.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was bombed by 15 X Helen and had moderate casualties.

A Japanese attack on the TF 211 miles from Wyndham was made by 34 X Betty, 9 X Sally and 9 X Zero was met by a LRCAP of 11 X P-40N. 4 X Betty went down (4 damaged) and 2 Sally were destroyed (1 damaged) as the defenders had 3 Warhawks damaged. The Bettys dropped their torpedoes and 3 of them hit the CL Adelaide and the ship immediately rolled and turned turtle. It had been suspected that an attempt would be made on this TF and the assignment of fighter cover was made on that assumption. What wasn't expected was the size of the attack as recon and intel didn't indicate such strength at Koepang.

Sam finally managed some fitful sleep and when he awakened he was surprised to hear that the invasion was pushed back a day. No reason was given and nobody cares as the reprieve is welcomed by the men. It'll be a hell of a way to spend Thanksgiving though. Tomorrow at dawn they will commence as Ed's Old Gals give the island's defenses another pounding.

Slim sits under a palm tree passing the time when Gunny appears and asks, “Mind if I pull up a seat and join you?” The 2 of them talk about life before the war and Gunny says, “I'll be staying in the Corps after it's all over as it's always been my life.” Slim thinks about it and he realizes that his company has become his home and his squad is his family.

Stick is lying on his cot looking over a manual for the new version of the Corsair and wonders if they'll really get these planes and ever see any combat. Flying the boring CAPs is OK, but he longs to see some action. Life on Wake is as dull as it gets.

Elaine and her sister are busily helping their mother and tomorrow morning they'll wake up early to spend the better part of the day in the kitchen.

Gil wonders what his parents and sisters will be doing for Thanksgiving. His older sister is married and will probably invite the family over to her apartment, he thinks.

Cookie is busy and his helper even more so. They told Red to keep Lucky away from the galley and he manages to do so by going ashore with the dog.

Pete and Sylvia are excited about their party and though there is little for them to do they are managing to get underfoot at every turn. The hotel staff start to tell them to relax as everything is under control. Sylvia's parents stop by the pub for a drink and to say hello and that finally gets the 2 worry warts out of the way.

Berlin has been reported as a “sea of flames” as 8 to 10,000 have been killed.

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RE: Eniwetok Falls - 11/25/2011 6:32:37 PM   
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Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
Truk Base Force is located at Truk.
22nd Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
131st IJNAF Base Force is located at Tassafaronga.
10149 men are based at Saigon.
2nd Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
21st AA Regiment is located at Changsha.
18th Division is planning for an attack on Broome.
3rd Construction Battalion is located at Ichang.
2nd Division is planning for an attack on Madras.
24th Special Base Force is located at Rabaul.
69th Division is located at Sian.
13509 men are based at Bonin.
4th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kagoshima.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Tabun-Nur 1 LCU 1100/15/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 27 fighters, 12 bombers, 41 aux, 6 LCUs 8140/61/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Harbin 4 LCUs 28160/298/7
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Tavoy 21 bombers, 11 aux, 6 LCUs 17840/86/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Amboina 4 LCUs 12760/88/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Lautem 28 LCUs
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 24 LCUs
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 23740/249/0

Combat

Ed's Old Gals donated a naval bombardment of Eniwetok as the troops approached the shoreline. The Navy's planes showed up and 169 X SBD, 105 X TBF, 54 X TBM, 16 X F4F-4 and 50 X F6F added to the mayhem. As soon as that air strike was done another made up of 58 X SBD, 27 X TBF, 18 X TBM, 14 X F4F-4 and 21 X F6F struck. By the time the troops were ashore the island's facilities had taken moderate damage and 2 Thoras and a Judy were destroyed. Ground losses were impossible to make a guess at in all of the carnage. A TBF and a TBM were damaged in the attacks. The assault troops had heavy losses in the landings and the ensuing combat, but they took the island.

Kweiyang was raided by 76 X Helen and 17 X George and to the surprise of the Japanese 33 X P-40N rose to greet them. 24 X Helen were shot down (15 damaged) and 10 X George also were destroyed at the cost of 3 Warhawks downed and 15 others damaged. The base was moderately damaged and casualties were light.

Pagan was hit by 64 X B-25J and they did light damage to the base and caused light casualties to the troops.

Marcus Island was protected by 3 X Zero and 3 X Zeke when 42 X PB4Y appeared. A Zeke went down and a Zero and a Zeke were damaged as 23 of the bombers were damaged . The airfield took light damage with a few secondary explosions and the troops had very light losses.

The Hopei Militia Division was attacked by 8 X Helen and the unit took very light casualties.

Sam had a million thoughts running through his head as he descended the cargo net to the waiting Higgins boat. The one thing he forgot was to use the vertical netting for his hands as the man above him stepped on his left hand. Damn, he thought. Once he dropped the last few feet into the assault craft he looked around and silently told himself all the things he had to remember. The boat moved off and joined others circling at idle for a while and then with a roar started to head into the beach. Keeping his head down, Sam was frozen with fear. That was taken care of by the man next to him throwing up. The next thing he knew he heard “Standby!” and then the ramp doped and the men tumbled out of the craft onto the beach. There was some machine gun and mortar fire and Sam passed some dead and wounded men as he rushed to get off of the beach. Once off the beach he flopped onto the ground, surveying his surroundings. He was amazed that he is unhurt and then the sergeants start ordering the troops into their units and they then pushed inland. There was little resistance and the sheer weight of numbers crushed the weak Japanese defenses. Sam is overjoyed that his first taste of combat is over and he's in one piece. He and the men of his squad had only a minor casualty and a medic patched the man up and told him to relax, “You're fine.” Now they sit on top of a bunker made from palm trees having a smoke and joking around. It's good to be alive. They don't know that the Army has big plans for them after a brief rest on Wake Island.

Sandy and Dave enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving with some friends. Of course their conversation was dominated by the war.

The men of the Flying Deuces enjoyed a turkey dinner and a movie for their holiday. Tomorrow will be a return of the tedium.

The men of the 2nd Marines were treated to turkey, potatoes, gravy and some fresh bread for the holiday. Slim thinks that sometimes even Marines get treated OK. Then Gunny showed up with the news that there was an allotment of 2 cans of warm beer per man, if they hurried to get it. Slim's platoon were gone in a flash.

The men at Clovis were fed a holiday meal and the training routine was halted for the day. The men appreciated some time to relax and just goof off.

Pete and Sylvia profusely thanked their staff for making such a wonderful party possible. They also gave special thanks to John Doe and Pete gave him a bottle of whiskey. John said that, “Whenever you get the itch we've got a spot for a man like you.” Milt got drunk and Jac along with Sylvia bundle him off to bed at the hotel so he can sleep it off. Pete is amazed that even with a war going on they still have so much. Later that night when he and Sylvia finally call it a night he kisses her and says, “I'm a very lucky guy with so much to be thankful for. Good night Mrs. Myers.”

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RE: Choke A Horse - 11/26/2011 6:10:29 PM   
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10th Air Fleet is located at Kagoshima.
23rd Army is located at Sian.
4309 men are based at Kyoto.
217063 men are based at Ominato.
Yosu Fortress is located at Masan.
Hoyo Fortress is located at Osumi.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.
24th Division is located at Chiamussu.
12th Base Force is located at Saigon.
17th Aviation Rgt is located at Ichang.
5th Army is located at Heiho.
40461 men are based at Hailar.
65th Construction Battalion is located at Kagoshima.
19th Division is located at Mishan.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Changsha.
27th Division is located at Sian.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 3 LCUs 6500/14/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Lautem 53 fighters, 53 bombers, 127 aux, 28 LCUs
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 24 LCUs
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Amboina 2 X APD, 4 LCUs 11840/105/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 20840/104/0

Combat

Pagan was subjected to a bombing by 45 X B-25J and they did very light damage to the base. All of the planes retired intact.

Mandalay was struck by the heavies again as 122 X Liberator VI, 9 X Spitfire VIII and 22 X P-38G hammered the base for very heavy damage, some secondary explosions were seen and casualties to the troops was very heavy also. No aircraft were touched by the sporadic and inaccurate ground fire.

Myitkyina was raided by 35 X B-24J, 9 damaged by the AA, and the base had light damage, some secondary explosions were observed and negligible losses to the ground troops.

At Eniwetok the Allied troops of the 25th and 40th divisions attacked the remaining Japanese troops causing light casualties for both sides as they compress the pocket of defenders ever smaller. Once more the American soldiers wonder what drives a man to fight to the death for a lost cause. Although the Allied shipping is kept under constant surveillance the Japanese haven't made another attempt to interfere with the activity. This lack of aggressiveness could be due to the large number of USN CVs in the area providing protection to the American forces.

Sam's squad knocked out a machine gun emplacement in today's attack and by a miracle nobody was hurt. They are dismayed that the Japanese, who are pinned to a small corner of the island yet they refuse to give up. Today, to their horror, they witnessed a Japanese soldier kill 2 Americans with a hand grenade. The Americans thought that the soldier was surrendering and got careless. This is a lesson that will stick.

The Allied troops move slowly through the Burmese jungles as they steadily advance. So far no contact has been made with the Japanese that would tip them off to the approaching troops.

The Lucky 11 spent 7 hours in the air today and they are getting more proficient all of the time at their jobs. Gil loves the time he gets to spend in Ham's position. The view is absolutely fantastic. Of course he has to spend most of the time monitoring his position so he won't miss any communications. He spends the long hours in the air thinking of Elaine and today he wrote her a letter while he was in the air.

“We'll be eating these leftovers for ages,” says Sylvia. Though they gave all of their guests food to take home there's still enough “to choke a horse” as Pete said. Having more turkey doesn't seem to bother Pete or the guests of the hotel one bit.

Army Group Center evacuated Gomel.

Bremen was bombed by the USAAF.

The HMT Rohna, a British troop transport, was sunk by a Luftwaffe plane using a radio-guided bomb. 1,015 American and 135 British and Australian troops were killed. This will be kept a secret for years.

Victory Points Japanese 26970 Allied 17284

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RE: Eniwetok Declared Secured - 11/27/2011 12:37:36 PM   
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4th AF Construction Battalion is located at Medan.
56th Brigade is planning for an attack on Madras.
217056 men are based at Ominato.
11th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
15th Mixed Brigade is located at Ichang.
37th Division is located at Truk.
13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
6th Ind. Brigade is planning for an attack on Chungking.
14th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Osaka/Kobe.
5th Air Fleet is located at Tokyo.
2nd Army is located at Truk.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 1 fighter, 3 aux, 4 X AP, 2 LCUs 5000/53/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Bulla vacant
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 25220/121/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Lautem 57 fighters, 76 bombers, 136 aux, 28 LCUs
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 30 fighters, 36 aux, 24 LCUs

Combat

The SS Grampus, about 27 miles W of Buka, saw 4 PGs and a PC approaching on her radar and set the trap. When the would be hunters presented themselves a PC was struck by a torpedo. It was assumed that given the small size of the victim that she should be in sinking condition, but the arrival of 2 tin cans, a PG and 2 PCs prevented confirmation and the Grampus underwent a depth charging that rattled her pretty good. The men listened intently as first they were hit by the shock wave of the exploding depth charge, which sounded like a hammer hitting the hull. Then a second or two later they were hit by the sound wave. This was louder and sounded like a WHAM. If you hear both you're OK as the first didn't open the hull. If you hear both together, it's all over. The closer the second sound to the first, the closer the depth charge is to the boat. The advantage that the US subs have is that Japanese depth charges are smaller than the American ones, though still lethal. The biggest fault with the Japanese depth charges is that they have only 2 settings. One is for about 40 ft and the other closer to 200 feet. This enables US subs to dive deep and avoid being killed, unless they're in shallow waters, as even the older boats can dive to about 300 feet.

Pagan was targeted by 44 X B-25J and they did light damage to the base, though they did report a large secondary explosion. All of the planes retired undamaged.

Mandalay was bombed by 120 X Liberator VI, 8 X Spitfire VIII and 22 X P-38G. No planes were damaged in the attack that caused heavy damage to the base, numerous secondary explosions and heavy casualties.

Myitkyina underwent an air raid from 25 X B-24J, of which 4 were damaged by flak. The bombers did light damage, caused some secondary explosions and inflicted light casualties on the troops.

Kai Island was raided by 29 X Helen and light damage was done to the airfield and there were light casualties among the troops. It is expected that very shortly there will be fighters stationed at the base for it's protection.

Lautem had a CAP up of 9 X George, and 29 X Jack when a fighter sweep comprised of 47 X P-38J pounced on the Japanese aircraft. The Lightnings made their slashing attack and then retired after having downed 7 X George and 7 X Jack at the cost of 6 P-38Gs and 2 others damaged.

The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was bombed by 10 X Helen and the unit suffered light casualties. The Chinese troops are strung out in open country, suffering from hunger and desertions are running higher than the casualties of the pinprick air raids. Morale is in the toilet and nobody seems to care as the commanders have melted away leaving the lower level officers to do what they can. The generals seemed to have taken what little food was remaining also.

Kwajalein was attacked by 85 X SBD, 45 X TBF, 36 X TBM and 15 X F6F. Except for the AA fire, which was moderate and accurate there was no Japanese opposition. 2 X SBD went down (9 damaged), 4 X TBF were damaged and a TBM was also damaged in the attack which caused light damage to the airfield, moderate damage to the port, many secondary explosions, heavy casualties to the troops and an AG was sunk at the port.

Ground combat at Eniwetok witnessed the Americans overrunning the Japanese positions while sustaining very light losses, the Japanese had extremely heavy casualties. Only 6 POWs were taken and 5 of them were wounded. The island has been declared cleared of the enemy. Sam and his pals can't believe that the island was declared secured to quickly. “I guess 2 divisions was enough,” laughs one of the men. Another agrees and adds that there weren't that many Japanese and it still took a few days to root them all out. The first man replied, “I hope the tough nuts are going to be reserves for those crazy Marines. They're the tough guys.” Others silently ponder this and Sam wonders if they'll now be able to get some rest back at Hawaii.

A convoy is ready to sail from Wake for Eniwetok with a RCT and many support units to establish a base and enable the assault troops to leave. The USN's CVs will continue to loiter in the area supplying air cover until the shipping has all departed and the airfield is functional and fully staffed.

Gil took a test today. The problem was correcting a problem with the radio given only what's normally on board a B-29. He managed to cheat by having a bag of some spare tubes with him that he smuggled onto the plane. The instructor admonished him and Gil replied, “I plan on having this bag of tubes with me whenever I fly so if it's cheating then I'm guilty as charged. Is being prepared for as much as possible a bad thing?” The instructor smiles and passes him.

Stick hears some scuttlebutt about the taking of Eniwetok and wonders if that's the cause of so many troops departing from Wake. The CAP duty affords him an eagle eye view of an increase in shipping activity, if that was possible. Things seem to be increasing in tempo and more planes are supposed to fly in today. His squadron was told to expect them and to double check any approaching planes from a certain heading before getting trigger happy. A small formation of PB4Ys arrives during Stick's time in the air and then as his fuel is getting low his flight is relieved and he returns to the airstrip. Hot a sweaty he walks back to his tent when a rain begins to fall. He breaks into a run, arrives at his tent, strips, grabs a bar of soap and runs outside. Many men are doing the same and he lathers up. Before he's done rinsing himself off the rain stops. This is the usual problem with using the rains for a shower.

Victory Points Japanese 26988 Allied 17325

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RE: Rumors - 11/28/2011 6:29:56 PM   
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17th Area Army is located at Shortlands.
5914 men are based at Niigata.
10552 men are based at Etorofo Jima.
252272 men are based at Kagoshima.
22nd AA Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
7th Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
51st Division is located at Wuchow.
49th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mukden.
Elements of the 10th Ind. Brigade are located at Hengchow.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 62600/759/30
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Linhsi vacant
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Hungnam 1 LCU
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Nanning 91 fighters, 107 bombers, 124 aux, 3 LCUs 6340/12/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Bulla vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Lautem 81 fighters, 70 bombers, 157 aux, 28 LCUs
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 6 fighters, 11 aux, 12 LCUs 54100/391/5
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 32 fighters, 45 aux, 24 LCUs
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 26540/158/0

Combat

The SS Thresher, about 16 miles SE of Kagoshima, tried and failed to attack a couple of PGs and a few PCs.

Pagan was raided by 61 X B-25J and the planes only managed to do very light damage, though they all departed safely.

Kai Island was attacked by 29 X Helen who were surprised to run into a CAP of 15 X P-38J. Though the fighter pilots aren't to good yet they did down 4 Helens and damaged another 5 as they lost 2 planes while 8 others were shot up. The airfield took very light damage, though a supply dump was hit. Casualties were very light. It is expected that the next time the Japanese come calling there will be fighter escorts, but they will face a large CAP.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was once more bombed by 10 X Helen and the unit had very light losses. It's not about the casualties as the unit continues to evaporate due to desertion.

Kwajalein was struck by 78 X SBD, 41 X TBF, 36 X TBM and 69 X F6F and the flak destroyed an SBD (6 damaged), 6 X TBF damaged and a TBM was also damaged. 9 barges in the port were all hit at least once, sinking all of them while the port and airfield had light damage. There were many secondary explosions and casualties were thought to have been light.

The SS Searaven has stopped all of the flooding and the light systems damage will be repaired as soon as she makes port.

The USN is going to focus on getting some of it's warships their long overdue upgrades in preparation for the scheduled operations that will tax it's might.

Still basking in their victory and survival the army troops scrounge around for souvenirs. The have been informed that they will board ships as soon as the garrison and engineers arrive to take possession of the island from them. Sam just relaxes and figures to enjoy as much time as he can get.

“We're going to be cruising in this general area for a while so I want the crew ready for an attack and I also want as much systems maintenance done as possible because we have no idea when we'll be at a port with repair facilities.” Bill thanks his assembled officers and leaves them to sort things out themselves. Upon entering his cabin he decides to write to Sandy.

Slim has heard rumors that they are going to be shifted to another area and then be used for the invasion of islands close to Japan. He asks Gunny and gets the usual shrug and reply of, “As usual nobody consulted with me so your guess is as good as mine. For now I guess you boys can keep your still in operation.” Slim feigns ignorance of such a thing and Gunny leaves.

The Teheran summit opened with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. They are to discuss post-war Germany and Poland. FDR is physically in poor condition due to the strain of his travels, while Stalin is buoyed by the recent successes of the Red Army.

Victory Points Japanese 27000 Allied 17338






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RE: Nothing Special - 11/29/2011 5:16:57 PM   
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36801 men are based at Chiamussu.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
56th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Arshaan.
10th Tank Regiment is located at Mishan.
128th IJN Base Force is located at Iwo Jima.
5th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
South Seas Det. is planning for an attack on Townsville.
11th Tank Regiment is located at Mishan.
3rd Base Force is located at Morotai.
28th Aviation Unit is located at Tokyo.
85712 men are based at Taan.
153rd IJN Base Force is located at Shortlands.
131st IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Dutch Harbor.
2nd Area Army is located at Koepang.
1837 men are based at Hakodate.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Anshan 2 LCUs 1560/3/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Pakhoi 4 LCUs 2900/4/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chihfeng vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Koepang 61 fighters, 60 bombers, 118 aux, 13 LCUs 42560/282/8
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 5 fighters, 13 aux, 12 LCUs 54520/388/7
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 27520/224/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili 11 LCUs 35480/295/7

Combat

A sub attack about 81 miles E of Wake Island resulted in the CV Hornet being struck by 2 torpedoes. The ship is on fire with heavy damage. After hours of fighting the fires they are light now, though the flooding is heavy. Systems damage is moderate and the ship heads back to Wake for temporary repairs. The plan had called for the CV to get a refit at Pearl and now that will be in the distant future.

Pagan was attacked by 60 X B-25J and they did light damage to the base at no cost to themselves.

The Hopei Militia Division was hit by 14 X Helen and had light casualties.

The Flying Deuces have been transferred to Eniwetok and they flew into the base today. Stick is excited and when he gets out of the cockpit and looks around he moans. He walks over to a tent that will serve as squadron operations and joins other pilots from the squadron. “Scary that from the looks of this place Wake wasn't so bad,” he says. Plans call for the Flying Deuces to be thrown forward to Guam once the airfield is operational there.

Ed's Old Gals are well on their way to Wake Island where they will prepare for the Marianas operation. A couple of the Old Gals are supposed to undergo refits, but no official orders have been cut detaching them as of yet.

Allied planners have decided that Guam will be the first target with Tinian, on it's heels and after a brief rest Saipan will be attacked. Marcus Island will be bypassed as it poses no immediate threat and an eye can be kept on it.

Still having no orders the 2nd Marine Division starts a training routine that would wipe the smile off of anybody’s face. Slim and his pals got a special treat today as they watched some rear echelon Marines trudge by with full packs and their rifles. Somebody jeeringly cried out, “Every Marine is a rifleman.” This brought a roar of cheering from Slim's company. Gunny told them to have their laugh now because tomorrow they would march to an area reserved for them to have some time on a target range. Slim moans as this means lugging the machine gun around again. His gun crew turns to the task of breaking down, cleaning and reassembling their weapons, a daily task.

A sergeant approaches Sam and tells him that he did good and to keep it up. Sam smiles and says OK, wondering what that was all about as he did nothing special, just what was expected of him.

Victory Points Japanese 27006 Allied 17340

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RE: Complicated - 11/30/2011 4:31:56 PM   
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4th Mixed Brigade is located at Myitkyina.
Yokosuka 5th SNLF is located at Jaluit.
Elements of the 33rd Division are located at Myitkyina.
12th Army is located at Chengting.
6176 men are based at Hanoi.
24468 men are based at Nagoya.
252144 men are based at Osaka/Kobe.
1st Army is located at Sian.
2626 men are based at Taejon.
15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Hanoi 3 LCUs 6720/26/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 2 LCUs 15040/160/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Tsitsihar 6 LCUs 15100/178/7
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 30920/242/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna 1 LCU 220/5/0

Combat

There was a night time surface action near Kai Island that pitted 6 IJN DDs and 6 X USN APDs against each other. 2 IJN DDs were hit and 4 of the APDs were also. Unfortunately the ships were loaded with troops waiting to unload and they suffered losses. The Japanese then shelled the base destroying 3 P-38Js, inflicting heavy casualties and doing light damage to the new airfield.

The SS Muskallunge, 136 miles S Sasebo, tracked an AK escorted by 4 PCs and managed to hit the merchantman with a torpedo, setting it on fire.

Kweiyang was swept by 12 X Zero, 9 X Zeke, 16 X George, 24 X Jack and 31 X Tony with a Dinah snooping around. A CAP of 32 X P-40N rose to the challenge and the fierce combat that resulted saw a Zero go down, a Zeke was torched, 3 X George were destroyed, 3 X Jack were shot down and 6 X Tony were flamed (another damaged). 19 X P-40N were destroyed and the Chinese are going to have to do something about this or their fighter force will melt away.

Pagan was attacked by 60 X B-25J and the base took light damage, a couple of secondary explosions were seen and the losses to the ground troops were very light. All of the planes were untouched.

Mandalay suffered through a bombing by 119 X Liberator VI, 7 X Spitfire VIII and 2 X P-38G. All of the planes departed with no damage after inflicting heavy damage to the base, a few secondary explosions were observed and ground casualties were heavy.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was bombed by 19 X B-25J and 12 X P-40N. The unit had light losses and all of the planes left intact.

Chungking was swept by 15 X Jack, 43 X Nick, 55 X Tony and a pair of Dinahs looking around. The Chinese threw 17 X P-40N at the raiders and a Nick was shot down, 8 X Tony were destroyed (another damaged) and both Dinahs were shot up. The Warhawks were all destroyed.

Sitting in his tent, relaxing and out of the sun Stick wonders when he'll finally get to see some Japanese. Is it possible to go an entire war being on the front lines and never having contact with the enemy? Tomorrow he's scheduled to fly CAP.

Training continues and today's flight includes navigational problems, and practice bomb runs. The flight is supposed to last for roughly 7 hours and Gil promptly falls asleep at his station. Other members of the crew are amazed that Gil has this talent and wonder if he'll be so relaxed on actual combat missions.

Slim and his company march a few miles to the range and then spend the rest of the day firing their weapons. Once they have finished they clean their weapons, pack up and march off to return to their camp. The boredom of all of the waiting is getting to everybody, but the veterans also know that it's preferable to combat. They also know that they will be seeing combat again, just nobody knows when or where.

Sam sits with his squad and one of them produces a gift, corporal stripes. “I don't want them,” says Sam, “You guys heard and then saw how officers and anybody who acts like a leader gets targeted.” The men know this to be true, but they like and respect Sam. They also believe that he's one of them and they take off his shirt and another one of the guys starts sewing. Sam realizes that the war just became much more complicated for him.

The Palawan still loiters at Luganville awaiting sailing orders that they expect any time now that Eniwetok is in American hands. The men grumble that with the Japanese still holding islands between here and there it'll be a dangerous trip. Red tells them that he's heard that convoys are still taking a route that gives the Japanese a wide berth. “How do you know that?” he's asked. Red shrugs and smiles.

In the meantime a debate in the Pentagon between the SWPAC, SOPAC and CENPAC commands rages about the allocation of units as the burden of attack is currently in CENPAC's lap. SWPAC is expected to attack PNG once the ships are made available and SOPAC is expected to tighten the noose in their area also. General Marshall and Admiral King have major headaches as the European demands of the war, especially landing craft for the looming Overlord, overshadow the Pacific.

Sandy reads a letter that arrived today and immediately pens a reply. She tries to write every day, but is finding more difficult to do so as time goes on when there is little to tell about.

Victory Points Japanese 27052 Allied 17369

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RE: Feel Their Weight - 12/1/2011 3:17:03 PM   
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10th Area Army is located at Chengting.
125 aircraft are based at Changchun.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Hoyo Fortress is located at Osumi.
16th Mixed Brigade is located at Amboina.
Maizuru 1st SNLF is located at Rabaul.
Sanya Base Force is located at Taan.
24991 men are based at Sapporo.
43rd Division is located at Nagoya.
108th IJN Base Force is located at Kyoto.
18th Mixed/B Brigade is located at Anking.
5041 men are based at Wonsan.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.

Recon

Pe-2R takes recon photos of Fushan 1 LCU 2000/9/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna 1 LCU 660/4/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Haiphong 1 X AP, 1 X AG no LCUs present

Combat

In night time surface combat, near Kai Island the APD Dent was engaged by a CL and 4 DDs. She went under immediately when 2 torpedoes struck her. 4 more APDs were unloading when the Japanese ships located them and after a brief, but furious fight the APD Overton took 3 torpedoes and some shell hits that spelled her sudden doom. 2 other APDs were struck by shells and will now commence the fight for their lives as they attempt to limp back to Darwin. The APD McKean is the next to succumb to her damage. The RN covering force has been nowhere to be found. The Japanese crews are having a feast tonight as they locate 3 more APDs and sink another with shell fire and a torpedo. Where is the RN? The APD Little, 19 miles W of Kai Island, was attacked by 38 X Judy and 6 X Kate and were met by 6 X P-38J. The CAP knocked down 2 X Judy (3 damaged) and a Kate, but the ship was struck by 5 bombs. 32 X Judy and 5 X Kate appeared in the afternoon and 6 X P-38J destroyed 3 of the Judys as the Little was struck by another bomb. The Lightnings are giving a good account of themselves, especially considering that the pilots are relatively green.

The SS Wahoo, 83 miles SE of Rabaul, attacked and hit an AK with 2 torpedoes. Then she was attacked by a PC and 6 DDs, who put her through the wringer. Now with moderately heavy damage to her systems and moderate flooding Wahoo will make for a friendly port.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was once again bombed by 14 X Helen and sustained moderate casualties.

The CVTFs about 79 miles SW of Eniwetok were attacked by 18 X Jill, 6 X Kate, 19 X Judy, 8 X Zeke and 16 X Zero. There was a CAP of 110 Hellcats aloft and they went to work downing all of the Jills, Kates, 15 X Judy, 8 X Zeke and 16 X Zero at a cost of 4 planes lost and another damaged. The Japanese planes never managed to get within sight of their intended target. Then 9 X Jill and 8 X Zeke attacked and 96 Hellcats pounced on them, destroying all of the Japanese planes at no cost to themselves. Again the Japanese never even obtained a visual on their target. True to their never give up spirit another Japanese attack came in the afternoon. It was comprised of 6 X Jill, 8 X Judy, 8 X Zeke and 9 X Zero. The CAP of 66 X F6F slashed into them and a lone Judy was able to flee the scene as the rest of the strike was destroyed. A lone Hellcat was destroyed. Can the USN CVTFs intercept the Japanese CVs that attacked them?

As the Helena swings onto the new course Bill feels the vibrations as their speed increases. The hunt is on as there are juicy IJN targets around and the USN wants to engage them. The tension in the air is thick and men that were in sickbay return to their stations, if they're able.

The debate in Washington continues to rage, though it's beginning to look like the 1st and 2nd Marines will be bound for CENPAC. SOPAC is still resisting and the possibility arises that the Army would replace the Marines in SOPAC to soften the blow.

The Allied troops continue forward at a crawl through Burma's jungles. So far there is no sign that the Japanese have detected them.

Life on Eniwetok is proving to be as boring as Wake was. The men of the Flying Deuces spend their free time watching the Sea Bees work their miracles on the island. “ I heard that the Navy was attacked near here and that they clobbered the Japs,” one of the pilots says. He men ask where he got this from and the reply was, “From somebody who knows somebody in the Base's communications center.”

Sam continues to work on his tan as he watches the coming and going of the Marine Corsairs that belong to the Flying Deuces. The guys in the squad tease him about his newly won stripes and these reminders make him feel their weight.

“I think that we should host a big bash for Christmas,” Pete tells Sylvia. She makes a remark about the party animal that she married and they share a laugh.

Slim is bothered by this long stretch of inactivity and wonders how the war is going. Twice they were loaded onto ships to attack the Solomon Islands of Guadalcanal and Tulagi, but were aborted both times. Is it possible that the Japanese are still winning? Scuttlebutt abounds, but the men tend to ignore most of it. The only thing that's certain is that they won't be going home for the holidays.

The British 10th Corps opened the US 5th Army's offensive at Garigliano.

The Germans are now isolated in the Crimea.

The conclusion of the Tehran Conference brought an agreement on the division of postwar Germany.

Victory Points Japanese 27103 Allied 17497

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RE: Feel Their Weight - 12/2/2011 5:54:58 PM   
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Intel

53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Keelung Fortress is located at Taipei.
33522 men are based at Paramushiro Jima.
Peng Hu Fortress is located at Pescadores.
27th Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
1st Engineer Regiment is located at Port Moresby.
Elements of the 116th Division are located at Canton.
5044 men are based at Wonsan.
118th IJNAF Base Force is located at Andaman Island.
66663 men are based at Mishan.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island 5 LCUs 11100/65/5
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 20 bombers, 33 aux, 5 LCUs 11900/65/0
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 23700/193/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 64 fighters, 70 aux, 24 LCUs

Combat

A night air attack on Chungking was made by 10 X Nick and AA fire brought down 3 and damaged another 4 of them. No damage was done to the base.

Night time surface combat, near Kai Island witnessed the APD Waters get caught and pounded by 2 X BB, 1 X CA and 3 X DD. The Waters and her troop cargo perished quickly in the one sided encounter. Then the same IJN TF ran into 5 X APD and promptly proceeded to sink 2 of them and damage 2 others. Both of the Japanese BBs were hit with a single 4” shell that chipped some paint. Again the Allied troops on board these vessels met with a watery end. A naval bombardment of Kai Island was next up as the 2 IJN BBs caused heavy casualties, but no damage to the base itself. The Allied ships near Kai Island was attacked by 35 X Judy and 6 X Kate. A CAP of 19 X P-38J was aloft and they destroyed 22 X Judy and 3 X Kate at a cost of a lone damaged Lightning. Despite this carnage the Japanese pilots fanatically pressed home their attacks and the CL Hobart was struck by a bomb and the CA Cornwall was left burning and heavily damaged by 4 bomb hits. The IJN TF then engaged the CLs Leander and Hobart along with the 4 DDs with them. Hobart was struck twice and was burning. No Japanese ships were hit. The Japanese then turned their attentions on the CA Cornwall and the ravaged ship managed a lone hit on a BB while she was hit 9 times and survival looks like an impossibility. Her skipper passed the order to abandon ship and then the hulk that was Cornwall was scuttled.

The SS S-32, near Panggoe, was attacked by 4 PGs. The Japanese tried and failed to damage the sub. A few hours later the Japanese reacquired the S-32 and this time gave her a good rattling.

Kweiyang was subjected to an attack by 10 X Zero, 8 X Zeke, 25 X George, 24 X Jack, 33 X Tony and a Dinah looking around. 15 X P-40N intercepted and a bitter, though lopsided fight was on. 2 X George, 2 X Jack and 2 X Tony were shot down at the cost of 12 Warhawks destroyed.

Pagan was targeted by 45 X B-25J and they managed to do light damage to the base at no cost to themselves.

Amboina, which has been used to launch air attacks on the Kai Island area was raided by 84 X B-24J. 11 X Zero met them and 3 were destroyed and 5 were damaged. 6 X B-24J went down and 11 more suffered damage. They did manage to do moderate damage to the airfield, numerous secondary explosions were reported and ground personnel had extremely light casualties.

Lautem was bombed by 12 X B-24D, 28 X B-24J and they had an escort of 9 X Kittyhawk III. The Japanese engaged with 10 X George and 24 X Jack. The bombers got through and between the air combat and planes destroyed on the ground the Japanese suffered a George trashed (2 damaged), a Jack flamed (8 damaged), 4 X Zero and 3 X Betty left as burning wrecks. 3 X B-24D were damaged, 6 X B-24J were shot down (14 Damaged) and 7 fighters were lost.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 10 X Helen and had moderate losses.

The focus of the war will be shifted as Washington has decided that to bang heads trying to attack in the SWPAC and SOPAC areas won't bring enough of a return so CENPAC will be the tip of the spear aimed at the heart of the Japanese Empire. The immediate target will be the Marianas and to gauge enemy strength there a carrier raid will be conducted as soon as the ships can be released from duty in the Eniwetok are and then be replenished. In the meantime thoughts of hitting Marcus Island will be shelved as it will become more isolated as time goes on.

The feeling of disappointment runs through the USN TFs as the Japanese fleet seems to have given them the slip. The men of the Helena grumble that it's tough to win a war without battles that mean something. The men look forward to being able to go home, especially with the holidays on the way. Bill wearily sits at his desk wondering about the future and starts to write a letter to Sandy. He's got a pretty large stack of letters that will be mailed at his first chance.

Sylvia has gotten Pete to go along with letting her plan the parties for the holidays. Hes under instructions to just worry about the day to day things and she'll do the rest. He's concerned about her being pregnant and working. She poo poos this and of course wins the discussion.

Slim and Gunny sit in the shade near the slopchute drinking a warm beer, just shooting the breeze. Slim keeps after Gunny wanting to know the latest scuttlebutt and Gunny keeps telling him that he knows nothing. Then one of the men in the platoon stops by to join them and says, “The latest dope is that we're getting a new skipper and that he's a mustang.” The man grabs a beer and opens the can with Gunny's Kabar. The 3 of them sit in silence pondering this and Gunny admits that it's news to him.

Stick spent the afternoon aloft on CAP and now tiredly gets out of his flight gear and strips down to his skivvies. He's beat and the continued boredom does nothing to help. Other than flying and sleeping there's little to do so the men turn to gambling. Some of them go to the beach to swim, but Stick is deathly afraid of sharks. The last time he was in the water somebody yelled shark and by the time he got out everybody was howling with laughter at his expense. The next day one was actually sighted near the beach. Stick said that if he had been on CAP then and spotted it he would've dove the plane and strafed it. One of the pilots laughed and asked if a confirmed kill of a shark could be painted on the plane.

Sam's regiment has been ordered to standby to board ships that will carry them to their next destination for some rest.

Gil reads a letter from Elaine and wonders if he'll get any leave before going overseas. He still has no idea if he's heading for the meat grinder in Europe or not.

Hitler ordered the conscription of German Youth for active service.

The Germans started a major operation against Tito in Yugoslavia.

Conscription to the mines was announced in Britain as coal output continues to decrease.

The Luftwaffe bombed the Allied base at Bari. An ammunition ship exploded, sinking 17 other ships with it.

The first transport of Jews from Vienna arrived at Auschwitz today.

Victory Points Japanese 27163 Allied 17564

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RE: Feel Their Weight - 12/2/2011 8:26:04 PM   
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Night time surface combat, near Kai Island witnessed the APD Waters get caught and pounded by 2 X BB, 1 X CA and 3 X DD. The Waters and her troop cargo perished quickly in the one sided encounter. Then the same IJN TF ran into 5 X APD and promptly proceeded to sink 2 of them and damage 2 others. Both of the Japanese BBs were hit with a single 4” shell that chipped some paint. Again the Allied troops on board these vessels met with a watery end. A naval bombardment of Kai Island was next up as the 2 IJN BBs caused heavy casualties, but no damage to the base itself. The Allied ships near Kai Island was attacked by 35 X Judy and 6 X Kate. A CAP of 19 X P-38J was aloft and they destroyed 22 X Judy and 3 X Kate at a cost of a lone damaged Lightning. Despite this carnage the Japanese pilots fanatically pressed home their attacks and the CL Hobart was struck by a bomb and the CA Cornwall was left burning and heavily damaged by 4 bomb hits. The IJN TF then engaged the CLs Leander and Hobart along with the 4 DDs with them. Hobart was struck twice and was burning. No Japanese ships were hit. The Japanese then turned their attentions on the CA Cornwall and the ravaged ship managed a lone hit on a BB while she was hit 9 times and survival looks like an impossibility. Her skipper passed the order to abandon ship and then the hulk that was Cornwall was scuttled.


Not good. The Japanese still seem to have the edge at sea. How many APD's do you have left?

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RE: Can I Help? - 12/3/2011 4:38:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Capt. H there are still some APDs about and more on the way, though these past couple of days hurt. You can't be strong everywhere and sideshows can tie down an enemy or sometimes lead to a major breakthrough.

December 3, 1943 Eniwetok

Intel

24470 men are based at Nagoya.
8895 men are based at Mukden.
6521 men are based at Tinian.
39th Division is located at Sining.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is located at Sian.
50th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Rangoon.
14th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
12th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
49th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mukden.
14th Mortar Battalion is located at Rabaul.
3072 men are based at Kitakyushu.
23rd Mixed Brigade is located at Tassafaronga.
5873 men are based at Arshaan.
Radio transmissions detected at Victoria Point.

Recon

F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Andaman Island 5 LCUs 16900/91/5
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Koepang 40 fighters, 65 bombers, 125 aux, 13 LCUs 48220/299/14
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 24 LCUs
PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 21600/12/0

Combat

The SS Thresher, 23 miles E of Kagoshima, was forced to submerge by a pair of PGs and a few PCs. Radar saved the day and the sub escaped without being depth charged.

The SS Rasher, 72 miles S of Kagoshima, attacked a TK being escorted by 2 DDs and hit the target with 2 torpedoes setting it on fire.

Rangoon was bombed by 35 X B-24J and AA fire damaged 12 of them. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were some secondary explosions and personnel losses were light.

Pagan was raided by 36 X B-25J and the bombers inflicted light damage to the base, witnessed a large secondary explosion and caused light losses to the ground troops.

Mandalay was struck by 114 X Liberator VI, 8 X Spitfire VIII and 3 X P-38G. Extremely heavy damage was done to the base, a couple of supply dumps were hit and the troops sustained heavy casualties. All planes headed back to base unharmed.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was attacked by 24 X B-25J and the unit had very light losses.

The 5th New Chinese Corps was hammered by 10 X Helen for moderate losses.

Lautem was protected by 19 X Jack, 13 X Tojo and 12 X Tony when an inbound raid of 15 X PB4Y was spotted. In the fighting 5 X Jack were damaged, a Tojo went down (another damaged) and a Tony was damaged while the bombers lost 4 planes and had 7 more damaged. They did managed to do light damage to the port and trigger a couple of secondary explosion. Ground losses were light.

The SS Hake, thanks to her radar, was able to track and set up a TK accompanied by 4 DDs located 80 miles SE of Butuan. When she finally was able to launch her attack a torpedo struck the TK causing it to burn.

Things in SWPAC aren't going as well as hoped and the focus of it's attentions are being reexamined.

Gil comes out of his sleep and reads the message. He then approaches Jack and hands it to him. Jack beckons Willy, the navigator, and he immediately goes to work. In this exercise it seems that their target has been obscured by cloud cover so they'll change course and head to the secondary target. Gil returns to his station and Gel asks, “What's up?” Gil tells him and he then goes over to the navigator, talks a bit and then joins Jack. When he returns to his station he's grumbling and Gil asks what's happening. Gel tells him that the new target will require them burning much more fuel and he has to figure out if they have enough or not. By the time the training flight is over they've spent over 9 hours in the air. The crew is pretty tired, except for Gil as he got plenty of sleep. He keeps telling the guys that a radio operator doesn't have much to do when you maintain radio silence.

Bill wonders if they'll catch the Japanese fleet or not as it seems to have disappeared again. He does take comfort in knowing that they must be hurting for pilots and planes as the last attack did nothing except lose planes and men for them.

John Doe stops by Pete's office and sticks his head in and says, “Hi, is there anything I can help you with for Christmas?” Pete looks up with a grin and tells him to speak to Sylvia since she's in charge this time around. Later in the day Sylvia tells Pete that John asked if she needed anything and that she told him that if she did he'd get a list soon. They discuss that he's turned out to be a pretty nice guy, but she reminds Pete that he's out of the war. He nods and says nothing.

Sam stands in a long line of soldiers waiting to board ships. The sun beats down on the sweating men as they shuffle slowly forward carrying their gear. Sam thinks that he'd have been better off in artillery or even a mechanized unit. Infantry gets the dirtiest and toughest jobs and then when you try to relax the brass won't let you, he thinks.

The RAF bombed Leipzig.

Victory Points Japanese 27218 Allied 17578

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RE: The Word - 12/4/2011 4:58:22 PM   
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Intel

149th IJNAF Base Force is located at Gasmata.
134th IJA Base Force is located at Victoria Point.
47th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
Kure 5th SNLF is located at Marcus Island.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
3355 men are based at Hamamatsu.
1st Mortar Regiment is located at Sasebo.
16th Naval Guard Unit is located at Ichang.
6th Army is located at Hailar.

Recon

PBY Catalina takes recon photos of Lunga 18 LCUs 20280/118/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 79 fighters, 86 aux, 24 LCUs

Combat

The SS Thresher was attacked by 2 X MSW, an APD and a DD 13 miles E of Kagoshima, but she evaded them before any harm was done.

The SS Muskallunge, 22 miles NE of the Amami Group, tried to attack a very heavily escorted TK, but after trying to obtain an optimal position failed and the sub finally gave up.

The ML Prins van Oranje was attacked by an IJN sub 19 miles W of Aru Island, but through deft ship handling by her captain they avoided being hit by the fish. Then she was attacked by 86 X Judy, 71 X Jill and 102 X Zeke. The ML Prins van Oranje was struck by 4 bombs and 2 torpedoes. The vessel disappeared in a terrific fireball and was gone when the smoke cleared. 12 of her crew, who were blown overboard now pray for rescue.

Kai Island was bombarded by a couple of BBs and had light damage, though casualties were very heavy and a Lightning was destroyed.

The SS Rasher, 101 miles SE of the Amami Group, failed to get in a successful attack on an AK.

Maloelap was bombed by 34 X PB4Y and the flak damaged 8 planes as they did light damage to the airfield and caused negligible casualties.

Jaluit was hit by 42 X B-25J and 40 X P-38G. The AA fire damaged 7 Mitchells and they did light damage to the port.

Gili Gili detected an inbound raid of 96 X B-17E which was then intercepted by 6 X Zeke, 13 X George, 6 X Jack and 22 X Tony. The bombers held their formations and shot down a Zeke (3 damaged), damaged 7 X George, destroyed 2 X Jack (2 damaged) and downed a pair of Tonys (7 damaged) while 23 Flying Forts were killed and 39 other were damaged. The airfield was lightly damaged.

The Yokosuka 2nd SNLF was attacked by 19 X B-25J who caused light casualties.

Kweiyang was swept by 10 X Zero, 8 X Zeke, 21 X George, 23 X Jack and a Dinah was flitting around observing the base. 8 Warhawks met the challenge and a Zero was shot down, 2 X Zeke destroyed, 3 X George went down, a Jack blew up in mid air and the Dinah was killed at the cost of 15 of the Warhawks.

The Lucky 11 have a day of review of their mission of the prior day. They get a pretty good rating all around and then they're off to chow. Of course the officers and the enlisted men head off in different directions. This bothers Gil a bit as he thinks of the crew as a unit of everyone doing a jobs and that's about it. The reality of military life is that under normal circumstances officers and enlisted personnel have little to do with one another. Their crew seems to be closer than most, but still and invisible barrier exists. Gil writes a letter to Elaine and then decides to take in the movie being shown tonight.

Sam hates these transports as they're cramped, dirty and foul smelling. Sometimes they aren't even allowed on deck, “for security reasons.” He hopes that they depart soon and have a quick and safe transit.

“I heard the word is that the Army, those 2 divisions that were our reserves, took the island of Eniwetok. I wonder if we'll ever be called on again before the end of the war,” the man says. Slim eyes him and says that in 1950 they'll be fighting in Japan. “Don't try to snow me,” the man replies, “I have it from a reliable source that in 1950 we'll be fighting the Russians after we're done with the Nips. Anyway the doggies can have all the fighting they want as I'm happy to be safely bored here.”

“No mail again?” asks Elaine's father. She nods and walks into the kitchen where her mother is preparing dinner. Elaine is looking to help, but her mother shoos her away.

Bolivia declared war on the Axis.

The Second Cairo Conference opened today with Churchill, FDR and Turkey's President Inonu attending.

The German 11th Army attacked the bridgehead at Kerch.

Tito set up a provisional government in the liberated part of Yugoslavia.

Victory Points Japanese 27269 Allied 17596






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